Fireworks at Gilroy High
The Fourth of July celebration in Gilroy are sure to go off with a bang, as the city-sponsored legal fireworks show returns at 9:30pm near Gilroy High School.
The fireworks will be set off on the softball field, but no one will be allowed near...
Contaminants discovered in soil at Brownell, South Valley
Gilroy Unified School District has hired an environmental firm to remove soil with “higher than normal levels of arsenic in the dirt” at Brownell Middle School, 7800 Carmel St.
According to the documents, a soil sample in the Preliminary Environmental Assessment turned up the arsenic...
Cities oppose Senate housing plans
California city leaders have long prided themselves on the growth plans and housing requirements tailormade for their cities. Gilroy has its own growth measure passed in 2016: Measure H.
Now municipalities across California fear their planning could be put to an end if the state...
Students serve community
Elementary students at Pacific Point Christian School in Gilroy have been busy with service projects this year. According to elementary school principal Amanda Riley, the club started in December, and the students have done seven service projects this year. The students give up their...
Pitch your tents!
Families converge on Gilroy Gardens once a month this summer in the theme park’s Family Camp & Movie Nights. More than 300 family campers pitched their tents in the South County Picnic Grove for fun overnight camping on June 15, the most recent Saturday...
New Kumon Center opens in Gilroy
From the moment Bader Lakhat’s wife, Masuma, opened her Kumon Center two years ago, he saw an impact on the community that he couldn’t ignore.
In addition to watching business at the Kumon of Morgan Hill thrive, Bader observed the community’s enthusiasm in helping their...
School closing imminent in 2020
As enrollment at Gilroy elementary schools continues on a downward trend—which directly affects the amount of state aid they receive—the closing of at least one school is becoming more likely, say school officials.
There are 54 empty classrooms in all at Gilroy Unified School District...
