Local Scene: Rotary Club scholarships, Leadership Gilroy applications
Rotary Club of Gilroy to award scholarships
The Rotary Club of Gilroy will be awarding a total of $52,500 in college scholarships for qualified high school seniors graduating in 2021 and beginning college in the fall of 2021 and Gavilan College or other students transferring...
Shopping local a win-win on small business Saturday
Small businesses are fighting back in a climate of national retailers touting doorbuster sales on Thanksgiving Day, which as early as Tuesday prompted some zealous bargain hunters to pitch a couple tents outside Gilroy’s Best Buy.
WRESTLING: Early round update from CIF state meet
Through two championship rounds at the annual CIF State Wrestling Championships, six of the seven local wrestlers in the field won their opening matches Friday morning at Rabobank Arena in Bakersfield.
Perfecto P. Martinez August 30, 1920 – April 1, 2012
Passed away in Hollister at age 91. Rosary: Wednesday, April 4, 2012 at 7:00 P.M. at Black Cooper Sander Funeral Home, Services: Thursday, April 5, 2012, 10:00 A.M. at the funeral home.
Male 16-year-old robs, stabs, tries to kill another juvenile
Police arrested a 16-year-old male on suspicion of attempted
UPDATED: Couple interrupts home burglary attempt
An elderly couple arrived at their Morgan Hill home just before lunchtime Thursday and opened their garage door to find a strange mini-van in their parking spot with a man they had never seen before inside the vehicle, police said.
Schwarzenegger vows to veto Calif. budget
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, frustrated by a budget plan he
YMCA hires longtime local as new executive director
After a two-month long interview process, including 10 separate question and answer sessions – four of which took place before a panel of her peers – Kelly Ramirez was still unsure if she landed her dream job as the Mount Madonna YMCA’s Executive Director.
No response from building owners after city files suits
GILROY—Despite filing lawsuits against two downtown property owners more than three weeks ago in a “last resort” effort to bring their buildings up to earthquake safety codes, neither owner has responded, city officials said Wednesday.




















