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El Roble Elementary School fourth grader Julia Finucane’s mother was skeptical of the ingredients her daughter planned to fuse together for her entry in the fifth annual Gilroy Unified School District Future Chefs competition. “She chose her recipe based on the ingredients they were looking...

In the last couple of years, the Gilroy High baseball team has had some heavy hitters in the lineup, players who were a threat to hit a home run on any pitch. That won’t be the case this season, and yet the Mustangs aim...

Anyone who thinks their vehicle was struck by an object on SR-152 in this area and during the specified time frame is asked to file a police report with the CHP office, if they have not already done so, authorities urged.

A subsidiary of El Camino Hospital has a purchase agreement with Verity Medical Foundation to buy five healthcare clinics in Santa Clara County, including clinics in Morgan Hill and Gilroy. The Feb. 27 offer by Silicon Valley Medical Development of Mountain View is awaiting approval...

Gilroy Unified School District’s elementary school students welcomed special guest readers from throughout the community March 1 as part of the annual Read Across America Read-in event. Superintendent Debbie Flores pulled double duty, first reading selections at Eliot Elementary School before heading over to Glen...

The Garlic City secured a new spot on the California state map as the month of March began. The Gilroy welcome center is now a designated state welcome center, one of just 18 throughout California. The new designation will provide state money to promote Gilroy...

The new Santa Clara County Health System that began operation this month offers new stability for healthcare services, especially for thousands of Medicare, Medi-Cal, uninsured and South County residents—but it also has a price tag for all county taxpayers. The addition of O’Connor Hospital in...

There was a stretch in last Saturday’s home playoff game when Gavilan College men’s basketball coach Dallas Jensen thought, ‘This can’t be it? This can’t be it?’ The No. 3 seed Rams were getting thoroughly outplayed by No. 14 seed American River in a...

Gov. Gavin Newsom late on Tuesday, March 5 signed into law Senate Bill 126, which ensures that all corporate charter schools are held to the same transparency and accountability standards as neighborhood public schools. During the debate on the Senate bill and several still-pending Assembly...

For as long as she can remember, Alessandra Echauri has had a goal to play college soccer. The Christopher High senior realized a dream when she recently signed her letter of intent to play at University of the Redlands.  “Whether it was D-1, D-2, or...