Eagle Ridge residents frustrated over state of golf course as bunker project gets underway
The Eagle Ridge Golf Club has been a staple of Gilroy for two decades, winding through an upscale community of more than 900 homes and attracting golfers from throughout the state looking for a challenging course.
But many longtime residents of the community, some of...
Sweeping federal drug bust includes arrests in Gilroy
A sweeping drug and weapons bust centered on the Sinaloa Cartel, and headed up by the FBI, resulted in the arrest of scores of suspects over the past year, including arrests in Gilroy.
At a press conference Feb. 11, the FBI was joined by Northern...
County to close more business, again
Throughout Santa Clara County, the daily numbers of Covid-19 cases and virus positivity rates have climbed so drastically since Halloween that public health officials on Nov. 13 announced more business closures are coming.
Christopher High vandalized with hate-filled graffiti
Three people broke into a building at Christopher High School in Gilroy late Monday night and wrote “hate graffiti” on the walls, according to police.
The suspects also ransacked several classrooms in the incident that occurred about 11:40pm Feb. 5, says a press release from...
Former UFC fighter Velasquez sentenced to prison for Morgan Hill shooting
Former UFC fighter and Gilroy resident Cain Velasquez was sentenced to five years in prison for a “vigilante shooting spree” that wounded an unintended target and fired bullets near a school crowded with children in Morgan Hill, the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office...
Developer eyes annexation in southwest Gilroy
A developer has proposed to annex 194 acres of agricultural land in southwest Gilroy and build up to 1,195 residential units, according to a conceptual plan submitted to the city in July.
The proposal, in the early stages, could take years to play out, as...
DA: Suspect rigged Gilroy home as ‘explosive booby trap’
Markus Beck, a 46-year-old German national who lives in Gilroy, has been charged with multiple counts in relation to a recent crime spree that includes a suspected effort to rig his home near Luigi Aprea Elementary School as “an explosive booby trap” by filling...
Protestors call for social justice
Dozens of people lined the corner of First Street and Wren Avenue on June 12, protesting racial violence and calling for social justice. Similar rallies in support of the Black Lives Matter movement have broken out across the nation following the death of George...
Suspect in murder of Gilroy native arrested in Mexico
A key suspect in the April 2021 murder of pregnant Gilroy native Tatyanna Mariah Lopez was found hiding out in Mexico, where he was arrested last week and transported back to California to face charges, according to authorities.
Jonathan Xavier Dorado, 20, of Los Banos,...
Ice rinks proposed for sports park
Plans to build twin National Hockey League ice rinks in Gilroy are one step closer to becoming reality with the recent release of an environmental impact report.
The large-scale ice rink project at the Gilroy Sports Park was set in motion in mid-2019 when the...