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The Gilroy Police Department received a $96,000 grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) for a one-year enforcement and education program, according to authorities. The grant will fund various law enforcement activities in Gilroy intended to reduce deaths and injuries on the roads....

The fifth annual Sip, Shop and Sparkle holiday boutique took over Old City Hall’s banquet room in downtown Gilroy Nov. 17 for shoppers eager to check off their lists early. The event, organized by Michelle Van Ness of Thirty-One Gifts, included more than 30...

The City of Gilroy will not pursue a public safety sales tax measure for the 2020 election, the council unanimously decided Nov. 18. Two pollings of Gilroy voters in April and October found mixed support for a quarter-cent sales tax measure, according to a report...

Brett Miller, Hollister’s assistant city manager and manager of administrative services, is acting city manager. Miller’s appointment Friday afternoon, Nov. 15, was one of the last acts of Bill Avera on his last day on the job before his retirement as city manager. One day earlier,...

Gilroy Mayor Roland Velasco had said in August that the city intended that a palm tree memorial in Christmas Hill Park near where a gunman opened fire on a Gilroy Garlic Festival crowd be strictly temporary, until a more permanent plan was developed. Three...

California is on track to build a $1 billion dam and create a giant reservoir at Pacheco Pass that will dwarf the existing reservoir and dam near Highway 152 east of Gilroy, with construction beginning in 2024. New evidence from an independent nationwide study of...