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Santa Clara County has completed several major renovation projects at its two hospitals—St. Louise Regional Hospital, O’Connor Hospital—and at the DePaul Health Center, and is completing several new upgrade projects. A total of $90 million in equipment and facility improvements have occurred or are taking...

A Santa Clara County jail captain escorted off the job amid claims that she lied to a superior is now suing her former employer for racism, ageism and gender discrimination. In a lawsuit filed Nov. 13 in Santa Clara County Superior Court, Amy Le says...

When Gov. Gavin Newsom and First Partner Jennifer Newsom light the 88th Annual Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony in Sacramento Dec. 5, 10-year-old Nayeli Lemus of Gilroy will throw the switch. The fourth-grader at Charter School of Morgan Hill got a couple of days off this...

Gilroy Premium Outlets was a shopping mecca for dedicated holiday shoppers last week, as thousands made their annual pilgrimage to the retail destination in Gilroy. The shoppers who arrived as early as 6pm on Thanksgiving day, or who stayed until 2am Friday, when stores...

Gilroy’s long-awaited fourth fire station took one step closer to reality Dec. 2, when the Gilroy City Council approved revised plans for the facility on the southwestern portion of the city. However, while early estimates put the station online in 2022, its construction is tied...

Organizers of the Gilroy Garlic Festival did not follow a lengthy list of recommendations from U.S. authorities on how to properly secure large outdoor public gatherings, according to a lawsuit filed by five victims of the July 28 mass shooting at Christmas Hill Park.

A proposed bridge that would extend 10th Street into Glen Loma Ranch could add a much-needed alternative road to and from the hundreds of homes under construction, but rising construction costs have continued to delay the westside project. As a way to help push the...

Christopher Ranch’s new Christopher Family Foundation announced it is funding the creation of salad bars at five Gilroy schools. The philanthropic foundation of the Gilroy-based garlic processing giant said it provided salad bars for all five schools in the Gilroy Unified School District that requested...

The San Benito River meanders under Highway 156 along the western boundary of Hollister, past the city’s waste treatment facility, through farmland and along expanding neighborhoods on its way to connect with the Pajaro River near US 101. Upstream and downstream from Hollister, blackbirds, meadowlarks,...

A draft environmental impact report for Z-Best Products’ proposed expansion of its composting facility on Highway 25 at the Santa Clara/San Benito County line is expected to be complete in January. Victor Gomez of Pinnacle Strategy, who represents the composting company, spoke to the San...