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Some survivors of the Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting had no health insurance. Others face high deductibles or copays and long-term recovery bills. State funds are available to help. The California Victim Compensation Board offers help to people with physical injuries as well as counseling for...

Sheriff’s deputies arrested two people after finding drugs and illegal firearms during a traffic stop in San Martin Monday morning. Early in the morning Aug. 19, a Santa Clara County Sheriff’s deputy on patrol in South County stopped a vehicle for a traffic stop on...

Santa Clara County health officials decided Aug. 16 to extend for at least a week special counseling services in Gilroy for anyone affected by the July 28 mass shooting at the Gilroy Garlic Festival. Professional counselors with the county Behavioral Health Services will continue to...

As part of an ongoing effort to improve pedestrian safety, the California Highway Patrol made several enforcement stops in a pedestrian safety enforcement operation in Gilroy.

The Gilroy Police Department Traffic Unit will conduct a DUI and drivers license Checkpoint Aug. 23 at an undisclosed location within the city limits. “The deterrent effect of DUI checkpoints is a proven resource in reducing the number of persons killed and injured in alcohol...

The Gilroy Garlic Festival has released a second statement about the mass shooting at its festival with a post on the home page of the festival website. The post says,"We are taking our first steps toward healing," and thanks the community for its support.  “Together...

The beginning of the school year can be rough for anyone. For hundreds of students in the Gilroy Unified School District, the new school opens on an especially tragic note, a little over two weeks after the Garlic Festival shooting. Lady Gaga on Friday, Aug.9...

Wendy Towner was standing behind the vendor tent for her family business, the Honey Ladies, at the Gilroy Garlic Festival late in the afternoon of Sunday, July 28. A staple at many Bay Area farmers markets, the Honey Ladies were selling their garlic and habanero...

A charitable fund intended to support the victims of the Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting on July 28 has received more than $630,000 in the first 10 days. The Silicon Valley Community Foundation, working with the Gilroy Foundation, set up the fund the morning after the...

The FBI is investigating the Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting as a domestic terrorism incident. In making the announcement in Gilroy Aug. 6, authorities said Santino William Legan went to the event July 28 with more than 200 rounds of ammunition, and the killer had compiled...