Gilroy’s Maddie Eastus is Division I bound
As a 7-year-old, Maddie Eastus played up a few age groups as a forward on the OVYSL Shark Bites U9 club team. Eastus’ 23 goals over 10 games was more than the rest of the nine other teams in the Coast Copper A South...
FDA authorizes Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for children 12-15
The Food and Drug Administration on Monday authorized use of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for 12- to 15-year-olds in the United States, a crucial step in the nation’s steady recovery from the pandemic and a boon to millions of American families eager for a...
Longtime businesses Nimble Thimble, Mafalda’s closing their doors
Linda Williams may be “retiring” (emphasis on the quotation marks), but she expects the Nimble Thimble will live on.
Williams, who has owned the downtown Gilroy quilting haven since 2013, recently announced that the shop will close on May 31. Located at 7455 Monterey St.,...
Great Wolf Lodge, once eyeing Gilroy, prepares Manteca opening
Great Wolf Lodge, which passed over Gilroy to choose Manteca as the site for its next waterpark and hotel, announced it will open its new resort in the Central Valley city on June 29.
In August 2017, the City of Gilroy entered into an exclusive...
Bicycling takes center stage in May
The month of May is the Bay Area’s Bike to Wherever Month, formerly known as Bike to Work Day, and a series of events are scheduled in Gilroy to celebrate.
During Bike to Wherever Days, everyone is encouraged to pedal around town, to do errands,...
Gilroy schools plan to fully reopen on Aug. 18
If Santa Clara County’s Covid-19 numbers continue on a downward path, all Gilroy schools will reopen on Aug. 18.
The Gilroy Unified School District Board of Education on May 6 unanimously approved a plan for a five-day-a-week in-person schedule beginning on the first day of...
Virtual Learning Academy now enrolling students
Teachers say a growing program through the Gilroy Unified School District is reaching students who learn more effectively outside of the traditional classroom setting.
Called the Virtual Learning Academy, the program, wrapping up its first year, offers online instruction through learning provider Edmentum.
Students from kindergarten...
Christopher takes it to Oakwood
On the inbound play to start the second half, Owen McCarry came up with a steal before dribbling the length of the floor and making a nifty behind the back pass to Duncan Ellis, who scored an uncontested layup. The play summed up Christopher...
Delivery center proposed in Gilroy
Amazon is expected to be the tenant of a proposed delivery center at the intersection of Highway 152 and Camino Arroyo, adding to a sizable investment the online retail and web services giant is making in Gilroy and Hollister.
According to conceptual plans submitted to...
County seeks applicants for commission to redraw supervisorial districts
Santa Clara County is now accepting applicants for the 2021 Advisory Redistricting Commission, an effort to redraw the county's five supervisorial district boundaries that occurs after every decennial census.
Applications close at 9am on June 1, and 10 commissioners will be appointed next month to...
