Leonor Ruiz Flores
Service will be held 3/27/10 at Christmas Hill Park, Mullberry West from 12:00-5:00 P.M. Any donations, contact Hector Flores 209-617-0384
Golden Eagle ribbon cutting
Golden Eagle Mortgage Group, 17500 Depot St., Morgan Hill, held a ribbon cutting Nov. 7. Joining owner Pauline Amstutz were many Golden Eagle staff, members, ambassadors and staff of the Morgan Hill Chamber of Commerce and the Gilroy Chamber of Commerce. The ribbon cutting was catered by another Chamber of Commerce member, Odeum restaurant. For information on joining the Morgan Hill Chamber of Commerce call (408) 779-9444.
The Rucker Four
Nearly two years after a botched burglary and torture incident left “crippling” emotional and physical effects on 60-year-old Gilroy resident Gary Wise, prosecutor Johnene Stebbins with the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office plans on adding another charge that could land the remaining defendants in prison for life without parole if convicted.
GUSD trustee ‘encouraged’ by voters’ support for area school bonds
Proposed revenue-generating measures for several Santa Clara County schools fared well during California's 2012 primary election Wednesday, something School Board Trustee Jaime Rosso finds “encouraging” as the Gilroy Unified School District waits on results from a voter survey that will gauge support for a possible joint city-school sales tax.
Coroner’s office identifies man killed in baseball bat beating
The Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner's office this
Soldier returns home from Afghanistan
Marine Lance Cpl. Matthew J. Gonzalez (3rd Battalion 7th Marines India Company) - a Gilroy native - returned home from Afghanistan on April 18 to the Twentynine Palms Marine Corps Base.
Drought hits home
Thanks to Governor Brown’s drought declaration last week, the general public is now aware of what farmers and ranchers have been fretting over for months. Depending on how you look at it, the current drought started in January of 2013, or even earlier than that. As this newspaper has reported, rainfall in the calendar year 2013 obliterated local records for the driest year with just 2.56 inches. Ranchers have been suffering under drier than normal weather for even longer than that; this is the third year in a row that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has declared Santa Clara County a primary natural disaster area due to drought.
Decision reached in favor of school district in Cinco de Mayo case
A decision was reached in favor of the Morgan Hill Unified School District and administrators in the civil rights lawsuit against the district and two former Live Oak High School administrators over the American T-shirt controversy from Cinco de Mayo, 2010, said Alyson Cabrera, the lawyer representing MHUSD and former Principal Nick Boden and former Assistant Principal Miguel Rodriguez. The decision was released Tuesday afternoon.
Sign squabble spills over
Gilroy City Council, despite hearing from nine concerned business owners and residents, strengthened an already existing ordinance to altogether ban a wide variety of signage, from prohibiting A-frame signs within city limits to excluding costumed sign-waving human advertisers from public property.



















