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Santa Clara County health officials announced Feb. 9 that local indoor masking requirements will not be lifted on Feb. 16, which is the date the state will rescind its order. Instead, Santa Clara County will continue to base decisions on whether and when to lift...

As long as Derek Jensen is the coach of the Gavilan College men’s basketball program, the Rams should be in good shape.  Like his predecessor and brother, Dallas, who went on to become the coach at College of the Sequoias, Derek has shown to be...

High school basketball teams don’t often lose to a pair of opponents by double digits only to turn the tables on them just a few weeks later.  But that’s exactly what the Christopher High girls basketball team has pulled off, and it couldn’t have come...

Timothy Patrick Mahanay of Gilroy has successfully completed cadet training at the California Highway Patrol Academy. He is assigned to duty at the CHP’s Hollister-Gilroy Area office. Mahanay graduated from San Leandro High School in 2013. He also attended Ohlone College in Fremont. Prior to...

A $4 million settlement was reached between Firestone Complete Auto Care and prosecutors in 29 counties over allegations that Firestone disposed of hazardous waste unlawfully in California. Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Christopher Rudy on Friday ordered civil penalties of $2.865 million, which will...

A series of housing laws signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom in recent memory has prompted a group of city officials from throughout the state to organize an initiative they say will help bring land-use decisions back to local jurisdictions. The “Our Neighborhood Voices” initiative, which...

When Jane Howard took the helm of the Gilroy Visitors Bureau in 2005, she found the organization was hyper-focused on marketing the Garlic Festival to the world. But the event only lasted for a weekend every year, so Howard tasked herself and Visit Gilroy, as...

A tentative agreement with Pacific Gas & Electric could help transform the perception of downtown and Gourmet Alley, according to business leaders. John Taft, a board member of the Gilroy Downtown Business Association, said the 60,000 square feet of boarded-up buildings have created an image...

Pintello Comedy Theater reschedules show Pintello Comedy Theater has rescheduled its comedic murder mystery “Clue: Onstage” to dates in March due to uncertainty surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic. The new dates are Friday and Saturday evenings, March 11, 12, 19, 25, 26, April 1, at 8pm. Matinee...

Organizers for the Poppy Jasper International Film Festival released the full lineup of films for the 2022 event, which will take place April 6-13. This year’s hybrid festival will feature both virtual and in-person screenings and events, says a press release from PJIFF. In-person events...