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It’s been nearly three decades since a 6.9 earthquake on the San Andreas Fault rocked Northern California, leaving portions of cities destroyed and 67 people dead.   The road to rebuilding has been a long one for Gilroy, where evidence of the destruction is still visible...

Young dancers entertain Gilroyans who filled downtown Gilroy with music and fun Oct. 1 at Gilroy’s National Night Out. The national event is held every August, but Gilroy’s was postponed because of the Garlic Festival mass shooting. The annual nationwide event promotes safe streets,...

The Gilroy Public Library, at 350 W 6th St., is more than just books and computers—it’s a community gathering place for learning, especially on Saturdays. Yoga for kids, plus musical fun with Rock, Rattle and Roll are regular Saturday morning events. During the week,...

Gilroy Police are investigating an Oct. 8 drive-by shooting in which a 16-year-old boy was injured, according to authorities.

Sheriff’s deputies arrested a man with a gun in his car after someone reported shots had been fired in the Gilroy area Thursday night, according to authorities.

Everyone is trying to keep up with Ella Rodriguez—including Eric Smith, a certified prosthetist at Shriners Hospital For Children in Sacramento. Rodriguez, a Christopher High sophomore, happens to be a world-ranked paralympian in the shot put, javelin, discus and nationally ranked in the 100-...

Successive stunning announcements about Gilroy High School football players the first two days of October ended the Mustangs’ season after four games. The high school and its athletic program were still reeling a week after a student said he was sexually assaulted on campus by...

The union representing nearly one-half of Santa Clara County’s 22,000 employees went on strike at selected locations Oct.2, the first county employee strike in four decades. Service Employees International Union Local 521 said it called the strike because of the county’s “refusal to bargain in...

Teachers and students at Antonio Del Buono Elementary School got difficult news this past month when they were told that the campus will close at the end of the school year in June 2020.   That’s when Nicole Munoz, who teaches a grade 2-3 combination class,...

Christopher High School Principal Jeremy Dirks, at left in the above photo, and Gilroy Unified School District Superintendent Debbie Flores, at right above, welcomed California Secretary of State Alex Padilla, sitting to the left of Gilroy Mayor Roland Velasco, to a voter registration rally...