Subway sandwich shop robbed at gunpoint Thursday night
At 9:30 p.m. on Aug. 23, Subway on Welburn Avenue was robbed by gunpoint when a man entered the restaurant and pointed a handgun at employees, demanding they give him all the money in the register.
Rally round a comedy night
Rally Round Downtown, Gilroy’s group of residents committed to bringing business to downtown, is calling out the troops for a night of laughter Aug. 29 at 9 Lives Club on Monterey Street.
Polls positive for ‘Quality of Life’ tax
City Council is pushing ahead with plans to place a sales tax or bond measure on the November 2014 ballot, after polling data shows “solid support” for a revenue-generating “Quality of Life” initiative proposed earlier this year by Mayor Don Gage.
COLUMN: Easy part is saying yes to a college football playoff
DESTIN, Fla. – The decision to implement a playoff in college football, which is inching closer to reality, might ultimately be viewed as the easy portion of what could become a difficult logistical tug-of-war between college football factions.
Bill proposes bond measure for offshore wind energy
In a step toward building the first massive wind farms off California’s coast, three Assemblymembers on Feb. 12 proposed a $1 billion bond act to help pay for the expansion of ports.
The bill, if approved, would place a bond before voters aimed at helping...
Recology South Valley garbage collector among top truck drivers in the country
The National Waste & Recycling Association (NWRA) awarded Recology South Valley refuse collector Salvador Plascencia “Honorable Mention” in the highly competitive Driver of the Year contest.
Plascencia was one of the 22 drivers recognized in the national competition. NWRA received more than 800 applications from...


















