Your Office Coach: Adjustment period will ease new-job fears
Q: After 20 years in the same job, I recently had to look for work when our family moved to a different city. Finding a position in my field took several months, but I was finally hired five weeks ago. The problem is that I’m already having serious thoughts about quitting.
City exhausted by bullet train costs
When it comes to spending staff hours and taxpayer dollars planning for California's pricey and contentious high-speed rail project, City of Gilroy officials say they're nearing the end of the line.
Holiday DUI crackdown to continue
More than 240 drivers who got behind the wheel after consuming a little too much holiday cheer ended up behind bars recently, as an annual holiday driving under the influence crackdown rolls from Christmas into New Year’s Day in Santa Clara County.
Grinch steals Christmas from Morgan Hill family
The loss of a Morgan Hill family's beloved pet dog to a burglary just before Christmas is far more devastating than the theft of a pile of wrapped presents.
Hollister teens chewed out after stealing gumball machines
After brazenly swiping two coin-operated gumball machines from Gilroy businesses Friday afternoon, five Hollister teens rolling around town in a conspicuous black Hummer found themselves in a sticky situation: police custody.
Suspect steals more than $3,000 from Walmart
Police are searching for a man who walked into the Gilroy Walmart on Camino Arroyo, handed over a note demanding money and made off with more than $3,000 cash.
Calfire suspends open burning in the region
Citing "the extreme menace of wildfire and its potential to destroy life, property, and natural resources" following continued dry conditions, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection last week suspended open burning in many areas of the state, including San Benito County.
Christmas crime: Man bites off another man’s ear
A Gilroy man was arrested early Christmas morning after police say he bit part of another man's ear off during a fight in a convenience store parking lot.
Suspect sought in Christmas stabbing homicide
Hollister police are looking for a suspect after a stabbing homicide early on Christmas morning, according to a Hollister Police Department announcement.