Balers edge Cougars in wild shootout
It wasn't quite the comeback of the year for Christopher High, nor was it a monumental collapse for San Benito High. In a wild Pacific Coast League Gabilan Division game last Friday in Gilroy, it was the Haybalers that prevailed 34-28 over the Cougars...
Labor unions concerned about hospital jobs
Union members at Saint Louise Regional Hospital want to be sure their jobs and their union are secure if the hospital is sold.
To express this concern, some members of Service Employee International Union-United Healthcare Workers West held a candlelight vigil Sept. 27 at the...
Crowds gather for Bonanza Days
More than 5,000 people came out to celebrate the days of small-town Gilroy.
After more than a three decade-long absence, Gilroy Bonanza Days paraded back into town on Saturday, Sept. 29.
The 2018 Leadership Gilroy reintroduced the long lost Bonanza Days as part of its class...
Merry Cherry Forever!
The Tognetti sisters, Andrea and Nancy, always loved being on the family ranch with their parents and brothers, playing in the fields and on the tractors. Throughout childhood and into their high school years, they even helped out with the family’s Merry Cherry fruit...
Fruits of their labor
When Bonino brothers, Russ and Brent, were still little tykes running around on their family ranch off Fitzgerald Avenue in San Martin, they put their two heads together and came up with the idea to sell pears from the orchard to make some dough.
“We...
Cisco gives $50 million to help the homeless
Homeless services non-profit Destination: Home has announced a five-year, $50 million commitment from networking-hardware company Cisco in support of its efforts to end homelessness in Santa Clara County.
The funds will be used by the public-private partnership to maximize the impact of local strategies aimed...
No group has filed against sales tax renewal
Gilroy residents will be voting on two Santa Clara County measures on the Nov. 6 ballot. Measure A, which would continue a one-eighth cent sales tax in Santa Clara County and Measure X, a bond for Gavilan community college.
One committee has been organized to...
Still no plan for sidewalks at Gateway apartments
A Humboldt County developer has begun construction of a 74-unit apartment building for seniors in an industrial neighborhood at the south end of Monterey Street in Gilroy.
Surrounded by a lumber yard, CalTrain tracks and a landscaping stone business, the affordable Gateway Apartments being built...
Fall means its time for new flu shots
Now that summer is over, the Santa Clara County Public Health Department is urging everyone older than 6 months to get ahead of flu season and get a flu shot. Because the start of flu season is unpredictable and the flu vaccine takes two...
Bonanza Days parade is Saturday
The Leadership Gilroy Class of 2018 is re-introducing a taste of the original Gilroy Bonanza Days to the community with a parade on Saturday, Sept. 29, starting at noon. Festivities will follow the parade at Miller Park from 2 until 6pm.
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