Evelia Rosso is Woman of the Year
Sitting in the office of Rosso’s Furniture, Evelia Morales Rosso is surrounded by photos of her family and friends, a poster from her famous ad campaign wear she dons boxing gloves promising to “beat out” competitors and a campaign sign for newly elected Assemblymember,...
Council looks to bring business downtown
Revitalizing downtown Gilroy along Monterey Street was a plank in every council candidate’s platform in 2018.
While progress in attracting new businesses to vacant buildings that line Monterey Street has been slow, the council this month took another step it believes will make downtown a...
Workers seek to perform
Performance Food Group’s new food processing plant and distribution center in Gilroy may not be in operation yet, but that hasn’t stopped the company from reaching out to Gilroy, Morgan Hill and Hollister and beyond to find new workers for its expanded Central Coast...
Christopher Ranch donates to Gilroy schools
Ken Christopher, executive vice president of Christopher Ranch, last month presented Gilroy High School principal March Sanchz with a $15,000 check to cover student account balances for food services.
This followed a similar gift, for $5,000 that the local garlic producer gave to Christopher High...
Nurses’ one-day ‘strike’ fizzles
Tensions between Santa Clara County and a local nurses union hit a flash point March 11, when the union called a one-day strike at two county hospitals, in San Jose and Gilroy, beginning Tuesday morning, March 12.
Picket lines were to be set up at...
Gavilan denied State Final 8 berth
The faraway looks and soggy eyes said it all—this one hurt the deepest. On the cusp of advancing to the State Final Eight for the first time in program history, the Gavilan College men’s basketball team lost to Santa Rosa 68-66 in a California...
Gilroy Library to open on Sundays
Starting Sunday, March 17, the Gilroy Library will be open Sundays from 1 to 5pm.
Santa Clara County Library District is fulfilling a multi-year goal to open all of its libraries seven days a week with the addition of four new service hours at both...
Student cooks way to Future Chefs title
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...
Gilroy baseball aims to make CCS again
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...
Police ask public for help ID’ing SR 152 vandal
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.