Riffraff in the parks
Chronic drug sales and public drinking have turned Miller Park into a hub of shadiness – and not the kind provided by trees.
Fire crews battle blaze in Hollister
Fire crews are working to put out a vegetation fire first
Election 2014: Meet the candidates
The Gilroy Dispatch conducted Q&As with all the candidates for both the Gilroy City Council and the Gilroy Unified School District's Board of Education. Click on either collection below to read what each candidate had to say.
Charles Martin Seacat
Born in Independence, KS, Chuck was a professional piano player before earning a bachelors degree in Mathematics from UCLA. He was a world traveler and avid golfer. He enjoyed fishing with his brother, Carl out of Moss Landing. He retired at 62 from IBM as a programmer and spent his retirement at his lakeside home on Uvas Rd.
Report shows Gilroy falling behind in housing numbers
The City of Gilroy issued only 37 residential building permits in 2025, but sizable new housing projects proposed or “in the pipeline” over the next few years will help the city move closer to its long-term state-mandated numbers.
That was one message delivered by city...
Going out on a high note
When Chris Niemann – a music aficionado currently in his senior year at Ann Sobrato High School – was a toddler, he always talked at such a high volume that his parents decided his hearing should be tested.
Nurses’ one-day ‘strike’ fizzles
Tensions between Santa Clara County and a local nurses union hit a flash point March 11, when the union called a one-day strike at two county hospitals, in San Jose and Gilroy, beginning Tuesday morning, March 12.
Picket lines were to be set up at...
TUESDAY ROUNDUP: GHS volleyball survives in five against PV
The Gilroy High boys volleyball team responded to its first Tri-County Athletic League loss with a five-set win (21-25, 25-22, 25-21, 23-25, 15-6) triumph over Pajaro Valley on Tuesday in Gilroy.



















