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Five neighborhoods being built as part of the largest active construction site in Gilroy could wrap up by the end of the year. Glen Loma Ranch, located on the west side of Gilroy along Santa Teresa Boulevard, is a nearly 400-acre property that will have...

Gilroy business leaders see a new tax incentive as a way to spur investment in the downtown corridor. But the clock is ticking on a timeline to take advantage of the opportunity. “Opportunity zones” were created when Congress passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act...

  As the “rolling work stoppage” by members of Santa Clara County’s largest public employee union continued into its third week, the 11,648 members began voting Oct. 22 on the county’s “last, best and final” five-year contract.  The union members’ vote continues to Nov. 5, which...

Local and federal authorities are still investigating the July 28 Garlic Festival mass shooting as witnesses continue to come forward with information about the deadly incident. An attorney representing the City of Gilroy wrote in an Oct. 15 response to a Public Records Act request...

It’s that time of year, and goblins and creepy things were everywhere in Gilroy last weekend. Costumed celebrants attended the sixth annual Halloween Brew Crawl throughout downtown Gilroy, with craft beers, tacos and German food, and the “spooky-but-not-too-scary” Halloween event at Gilroy Gardens, where...

With Watsonville’s City Plaza as the backdrop, Democrat Adam Bolaños Scow announced Oct. 15 that he will challenge U.S. Rep. Jimmy Panetta in next year’s primary election. A longtime advocate and strategist for environmental issues, Scow said he plans to focus his campaign on affordable...

The money came in from all over the country, from customers and employees of giant companies and mom-and-pop stores, from community foundations, from fundraisers at fitness clubs and restaurants, and from thousands of individuals who gave as little as a few dollars. In less than...

Uniformed officers from the California Highway Patrol will host an Oct. 28 Coffee With A Cop event at Starbucks, 251 Vineyard Town Center in Morgan Hill. Members of the public are invited to meet with officers in an informal, neutral space to discuss community...

As cities like Morgan Hill and Gilroy struggle to slow construction of new housing with self-imposed slow-growth measures, they fear that the new Housing Crisis Act of 2019 could reverse their efforts. The new state law signed this month by Gov. Gavin Newsom redefines the...