Fewer than 50 days to convince Gilroy
Two of Gilroy's three mayoral candidates for the Nov. 6 election met individually with the Dispatch Editorial Board Tuesday morning to talk about major issues concerning Gilroy, and to highlight their priorities as Gilroy's next potential leader.
Councilman storms out of meeting
In a heated moment during Monday night's City Council meeting, a spat culminated with Councilman Peter Arellano, a mayoral candidate, storming out of the meeting mid-vote, an episode that present and former Council members say they have never seen before.
Council approves residential development, spat ensues
After a long period of convoluted and emotionally charged discussion, Council voted 4-1 during Monday's regular meeting to make an exception to a city ordinance that limits the number of market-value residential allotments to approve a 91-unit residential project west of Monterey Street and east of Wren Avenue, near Gilroy Veterinary Hospital.
Council talks improving softball diamond at Sunrise Park
City Council plans to vote on whether or not to accept an added expenditure of $47,800 for construction improvements to the softball diamond at Sunrise Park, west of Santa Teresa in the northwest quad, or downsize the project.
How will city grapple with homelessness?
They are the women pushing shopping carts full of blankets down Monterey Street. They are the men who sleep under pine trees in Christmas Hill Park. They are the families who give their kids sponge baths in their cars before they head to school.
Smile, you’re on cop camera
Arrests in Gilroy may soon be accompanied by an electronic “third eye” that objectively monitors the scene, keeping recorded tabs on the actions of the suspect, as well as the officers on the job.
