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May 13, 2025

Local Scene: Gilroy Foundation grant cycle opening, public review period underway for Block Grant

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Gilroy Foundation grant cycle opens Dec. 1 The Gilroy Foundation’s 2021 Competitive Grant Cycle opens on Dec. 1 and closes Feb. 1. All nonprofits with a 501(c)(3) status, Gilroy Unified School District schools, and Gilroy City programs are eligible to apply for a grant that will...

Gilroy eyes auto mall, downtown recovery

Gilroy could offer incentives to attract new dealerships to its auto mall, boosting sales tax revenue lost from the pandemic-related economic downtown. The Gilroy City Council on Nov. 16 showed interest in discussing what those incentives might look like at a future meeting. The city relies...

Cold weather shelter opens in Gilroy

The South County Cold Weather Shelter opened in Gilroy on Nov. 17. Located at the California National Guard Armory, 8490 Wren Ave., the facility provides sleeping accommodations, hot meals, showers and restrooms, and case management support services to 70-100 individuals—including men, women and families—this season...

Supes support mental health facility over new jail

In a unanimous vote on Tuesday, the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors reinforced its commitment to build a new mental health facility instead of a new jail, but the path will not be easy.

Covid-19 testing demand increases

The demand for Covid-19 testing has jumped throughout Santa Clara County in recent weeks—a workload that public health officials welcome as part of a broader strategy to rein in the spread of the coronavirus that has resulted in another wave of indoor and public gathering restrictions all over the Bay Area and beyond.

Gavilan is ready to spring athletes back into action

Once Gavilan College receives the go-ahead from the state of California and Santa Clara County to resume in-person classes and athletics competition, athletic trainers Rebecca Northon and Erik Hilliker will be ready to spring student-athletes back into action in the safest way possible.  The two...

County moves to most restrictive ‘purple tier’

Under a Nov. 16 directive from Gov. Gavin Newsom, Santa Clara County will revert to the state’s most restrictive reopening tier due to the rapidly increasing rate of Covid-19 cases being transmitted among the community.

At long last, First Street work finishes

For the greater part of the past decade, one of Gilroy’s most-traveled corridors showed its wear and tear: potholes, alligator cracking and faded lines were among the chief complaints from First Street users. A nearly two-year water and sewer line replacement project, which dug up...

South County urges Covid-19 safety during holidays

City officials in Morgan Hill and Gilroy are asking residents to resist the urge to travel and attend large gatherings for the upcoming winter holidays, as South County remains a growing hotspot for the Covid-19 pandemic that is surging once again across the nation.

County to close more business, again

Throughout Santa Clara County, the daily numbers of Covid-19 cases and virus positivity rates have climbed so drastically since Halloween that public health officials on Nov. 13 announced more business closures are coming.

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