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The County of Santa Clara Board of Supervisors is expected to proclaim April 2022 as Distracted Driving Awareness Month at its April 5 meeting. The proclamation reminds motorists to drive with caution and to leave the phone alone while operating a vehicle, says a...

Gilroy High’s two distance aces—seniors Nicholas Guzman and Karina Rodriguez—have achieved their dreams of signing to run at the four-year level.  Stalwarts for the Mustangs’ cross country and track and field teams since their freshmen year, Guzman and Rodriguez were overcome with emotion as they...

It will take a Herculean effort not unlike those found in the epics on BookBuyers’ shelves to clear the store’s 300,000 books in only a few weeks. The downtown bookstore is facing a conundrum similar to the one it tackled a little more than five...

Juliet Landau’s feature directorial debut, “A Place Among the Dead,” has been “striking an artery, not just a nerve,” she noted. Perhaps it’s the film’s focus on narcissism that’s been resonating with viewers. Described as a “genre-bending art film,” “‘A Place Among the Dead’ explores...

Does it cost $12,000 to put on a ribbon-cutting event? Theoretically it could, but it’s not going to happen, according to City Administrator Jimmy Forbis. Days after the City of Gilroy announced it had received a $3.9 million grant from the state to upgrade Gourmet and...

Walking tour visits East Side The Gilroy Historical Society’s monthly walking tours continue on April 2 with a tour of Railroad and Alexander streets on Gilroy’s East Side. Participants are asked to meet at the Gilroy Museum, 195 Fifth St., at 10am. Donations to the museum are...

Dozens of drivers took their lowrider vehicles on a cruise through downtown Gilroy on March 26. The drive drew spectators along Monterey Street, snapping photos of the modified vehicles that thrilled onlookers by revving their engines and defying gravity with hydraulic suspension systems.

The Christopher-Live Oak boys lacrosse match on March 24 pitted a top-three team from the Gabilan Division and the front runner from the lower division.  For right now, at least, the Acorns showed the chasm between the Gabilan and Mission is a rather wide one.  Live...

Bay Area Community Health will host a free Covid-19 testing clinic on Thursday, March 31 from 10am to 3pm at Arteaga’s Food Center, 6906 Automall Parkway in Gilroy.  Masks are required at the event. The first 100 people to be tested will receive a free...

The first-ever Sarah Villar Memorial Game paid tribute to a life gone too soon. On March 22, the Gilroy High softball team hosted Christopher High in what will be the annual Sarah Villar Memorial Game going forward. Villar is the former Gilroy High graduate who...