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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...

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...

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...

The Gilroy Premium Outlets last week were busy preparing for the swarms of people who come from all over the world in the hopes of finding a deal before and during Black Friday, Nov. 29. According to outlets spokesperson Shannon Steffen, a majority of the...

A new animal shelter campus under construction in San Martin reached a major milestone Nov. 22, when crews placed the structure’s final steel beam. Santa Clara County officials held a “topping off” ceremony to mark the occasion. The new animal shelter campus is being constructed at...

The Gilroy City Council recommended a scenario Nov. 18 that could add more than 7,000 housing units over the next 20 years. The preferred land use alternative, as it is called, will be studied in the 2040 General Plan environmental impact report. The general plan...