Gilroy Foundation gives $500K in scholarships
The Gilroy Foundation announced its 2019 scholarship recipients, who will share more than half a million in funding for their college education.
From the start of the scholarship program in 1999 to date, Gilroy Foundation has awarded over $5 million in scholarships to deserving...
Local Dem leaders react to convention
This year’s Democratic state convention in San Francisco offered a select group of party regulars a sneak preview of Democratic campaign themes.
Included among the 3,400 delegates at the May 31-June 2 convention were local elected officials and party workers from Congress member for the...
Dogs show off skills
A new weekend festival, Paws in the Park, brought hundreds of dogs and their owners to Gavilan College’s soccer field on June 1 for demonstrations, as well as contests of canine skill and just plain cuteness. Obedience training, hunting dogs, sheep herding and K-9...
Police find ‘vehicle of interest’ in fatal hit and run
Investigators continue to ask the public for help in obtaining more information about the vehicle and the collision.
Gavilan College on lookout for 1967 alumni
Gavilan College is digging deep into its roots for the upcoming 100th Centennial Gala celebration and wants to honor its Class of 1967, the last graduating class from when the community college was located in Hollister.
“It’s proven extremely difficult to locate alumni as there...
Fatal hit and run June 4 in San Martin
Police are looking for a motorist who struck and killed a pedestrian in a hit and run collision in San Martin Tuesday night.
Dispatch presents Class of 2019 Senior Spotlights
Each year, the Gilroy Dispatch profiles a few outstanding soon-to-be Gilroy Unified School District graduates. Selected from recommendations of staff at Christopher and Gilroy High Schools, these seniors represent some of the best Gilroy has to offer.
Their comments here are in response to a...
State says Trump has personal vendetta
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra is accusing the Trump administration of “trying to exact political retribution” by pulling federal funds from the state’s High-Speed Rail project.
In a lawsuit filed May 21 in US District Court in San Francisco by the state of California against...
A whiff of competition for Garlic City
Is there room in the garlic game for two California cities? Fresno is coming after Gilroy’s garlic crown.
Gilroy’s official city motto is “The City with the Spice for Life” and it proudly proclaims itself “Garlic Capital of the World,” but there’s another city now...
Police: Two arrested with illegal firearms
Two Gilroy residents were arrested on suspicion of illegal firearms charges after the Gilroy/Morgan Hill SWAT team raided their homes May 30, according to authorities.
