News

The Gilroy Police Department will ask the Gilroy City Council on Monday night for permission to sell 30 outdated and decommissioned firearms worth approximately $5,000 to active duty and reserve officers, according to a city staff report.

A Los Banos man was arrested Thursday evening after he crashed into a parked car along U.S. Highway 101 near San Martin, sending a 27-year-old Santa Clara woman to the hospital with a broken leg and possible head trauma, according to the California Highway Patrol.

Dear Editor,

Great job of investigative reporting by the Dispatch on high-speed rail meeting bills

John Blaettler, a longtime Gilroy accountant whose public allegations of "systematic embezzlement" were a precursor to the Nov. 9 resignation of Francisco Dominguez from the Gilroy Unified School District board of trustees, has been named "Man of the Year."

When Juliana Vanni launched a modish clothing store Tuesday afternoon on campus at Christopher High School, the hardest sell, ironically, had nothing to do with the cost of merchandise.