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A San Jose man was pronounced dead at the scene of a Jan. 2 traffic accident on Highway 25 near Bolsa Road, according to authorities. A Hollister man who was driving another vehicle involved in the accident was arrested on suspicion of DUI.

On the eve of 2019, Santa Clara County officials were surprised to find themselves in a heavyweight bout with the California attorney general. Just as the county believed it had worked out the final wrinkles in a bankruptcy court-managed deal to buy two private hospitals...

St. Louise Regional Hospital has been named to the State of California’s Patient Safety Honor Roll for demonstrating safety across multiple departments, and to the state’s Maternity Honor Roll for meeting or surpassing a statewide target aimed at reducing caesarean sections.  “We are proud to...

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed almost 1,200 new laws this year, though not all of them took effect Jan. 1. One that did go into effect Jan. 1 was another $1 increase in the California minimum wage. For employers with 25 or fewer employees, it increased...

Santa Clara County is approaching the new year with lingering, rancorous labor fights with two unions representing more than 15,000 employees. Tensions with both unions heated up last week, as both contract disputes took turns for the worse. The Registered Nurses Professional Association (RNPA), with...

Forecasters this week predicted rain on Christmas, plus cold nights and cool days through the rest of 2019. This prompted Santa Clara County to announce Monday, Dec. 23  that several “warming centers and additional shelter beds” are available in Santa Clara County through Monday,...

Gilroy Prep, a K-5 independent Navigator charter school in the Gilroy Unified School District, has been honored as one of 21 California Distinguished Schools in Santa Clara County, one of 323 K-8 schools honored across the state this month. The principal of the school, located...

The Gilroy Garlic Festival’s 41st year was a year that the Garlic City can never forget, as the traumatic sights and sounds of the mass shooting in the festival’s final minutes still haunt Christmas Hill Park. Planning for the 2019 festival a year ago began...

The Registered Nurses Professional Association (RNPA) announced on Christmas Eve it had reached a tentative agreement with Santa Clara County on a new multi-year contract for nurses in the county hospital system. In a statement, the union said the new contract, if approved by members...

Two of Gilroy’s major streets have been a construction zone for more than a year. But 2019 was expected to mark the completion of some major milestones, paving the way for an estimated finish in 2020. First and Monterey streets received upgrades this past year,...