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In 2005, a city-commissioned parking study found no shortage of places to park in downtown Gilroy. That study also stressed that city officials needed to create a parking management plan to adequately deal with 200,000 square feet of anticipated new commercial development  by adding...

Chad Browning, a former Hollister police officer who is accused of driving his vehicle onto a Gilroy sports field while fleeing from police last year, will undergo a mental health assessment before his next hearing, according to authorities. Browning, 42, of Fresno, was arrested in...

As more and more voters vote by mail and others wait until election day to register to vote, the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors has approved sweeping changes in its election infrastructure, including replacing traditional polling places with new Vote Centers. The supervisors voted...

Building on the success of last year’s first-ever Garlic Chef Jr. cooking competition, the contest will return on July 26 to the 2019 Gilroy Garlic Festival. Young chefs ages 9-18 are encouraged to apply by May 1 to compete on the Garlic Cook-Off Stage. MasterChef...

An effort earlier this month to mediate the lawsuit filed by a former public safety dispatcher against the City of Gilroy failed in federal court.

Local school bus driver Maria del Carmen Collins was on her normal afternoon route May 3, 2018 when an impaired driver slammed into the bus she was driving with 46 Gilroy Unified School District students on board. Carmen Collins quickly assessed the situation, secured the...

Gilroy Gardens experienced its “best year ever in 2018,” thanks to a water park expansion that spiked attendance and profits, general manager Barb Granter told the city council April 1. The park, which is operated by a non-profit corporation and sits on land owned by...

Sumano’s Bakery will remodel a dilapidated building near the entrance to downtown Gilroy and move its operations from Watsonville in the spring of 2020. The Gilroy Planning Commission unanimously approved the bakery’s permit to remodel the 23,000-square-foot facility at 7050 Monterey Road near 10th Street...

The Gilroy Police Department is investigating a traffic accident that resulted in a fatality in the city limits early Sunday morning. About 2am April 7, police received several phone calls reporting a vehicle accident on the 7800 block of Church Street, near the intersection of...

Alex Bataz is 9 years old, the oldest of three children; his brother Bruce just turned 8, and sister Destiny will be 4 this year. Alex has a dog named Rocky, a little brown Chihuahua who licks the boy’s face and bounces in circles...