Icicles gets a warm welcome
What, in one of the coldest weeks of the year, would compel people to stand in line waiting for ice cream? One of the hottest new businesses in town, Icicles, has been busy in its first week of business, serving up their frosty sweet...
Making the solutions to the resolutions
It's a new year and with it, many Gilroyans have embarked on their New Year's resolutions. For many, those resolutions revolve around getting in shape–finally, and this time they mean it. But, if you want that new you, it's going to take some work....
2017: beyond fire and floods
A mess, the rains down in South Valley
Rains of biblical fury descended on Gilroy in January, dumping close to two inches of rainwater on an area parched by the longstanding drought. The land's thirst was more than parched by the rain which caused a...
Tree plan takes root
In a year where the handling of Gilroy's trees has been seen by many as anything but tremendous, Gerardo Orduno and Heriberto Denec with West Coast Arborists worked planting 12 new trees throughout the city shortly before noon on Tuesday.
“This one here, it’s...
Gilroy salutes Paul Kloecker
Gilroy City Councilman Paul Kloecker died from lung disease Friday morning bringing to a close a lifetime of service to his country, community and love for family and friends.
Kloecker, 82, won his first of three terms on the Gilroy City Council in 1981 when...
Fatal accident on tracks
A report from Caltrain:
At approximately 5:28 p.m., Caltrain Southbound #156 fatally struck a person who was trespassing on Union Pacific railroad tracks approximately two miles north of the Gilroy Caltrain Station. VTA is currently provided mutual bus aid for passengers onboard SB trains #156,...
Five locals charged with insurance fraud
Five South Valley men, including two from Gilroy and two from San Martin, were charged with running a $235,948 insurance scam where they faked 18 car accidents and billed insurance companies for work that was never done.
Brothers Angel Topete, 36, and Joshua Topete, 34,...
Cannabis stays illegal, granny units stay small
In an effort to take local control before new state laws go into effect in January, the Gilroy City Council passed two “emergency” ordinances last week, one to stop commercial cannabis sales and the other to limit the size of “grandmother” units to 600...
The story behind Gilroy’s Christmas Tree
Since 1972, when he missed a Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors meeting and got assigned an unwanted task, Phil Buchanan, 79, has worked on putting up Gilroy’s downtown Christmas Tree and banners.
But what started as an unexpected chore, has become a real labor...
New shop brings the ocean to Gilroy
The 30 miles between Gilroy and Monterey Bay didn’t seem like a great distance for diver Mauricio Muñoz–it seemed perfect.
After years in the Silicon Valley corporate world, the lifetime scuba diver decided to open a business that reflected his passion and took a risk...