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Gilroy school district officials have dedicated more than $900,000 of Measure P bond funds to purchase and install “Safe School Locks” at each of Gilroy Unified School District’s eight elementary schools. At a May 17 meeting, the board of trustees approved a $923,831 contract with...

Embezzlement In April on East 10th Street, an employee was arrested for embezzlement and conducting fake returns. Burglary On May 13 a business on Monterey Street was burglarized when thieves cut a side gate and smashed a glass door. A $2,200 gas-powered paint sprayer was taken. Attempted Burglary On...

Labor rights icon Dolores Huerta, who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Barack Obama in 2012, was in South County and San Benito County last week campaigning for her preferred candidate in the 30th District State Assembly race. On Thursday, May 24, Huerta stopped...

The Registrar of Voters is still seeking volunteers for the June 5 primary election, with stipends up to $200. Volunteers are needed from around the county, including specific areas in San Jose, as well as in Los Gatos, Cupertino, Milpitas, Mountain View, Morgan Hill...

Sewer line improvements on First Street between Monterey Road and Wayland Lane were to begin this week and continue through August. Construction will take place between 9am and 3pm. Two-way traffic will be maintained throughout the project. Following the sewer line rehabilitation, work will begin...

From Yosemite to the Teutoburg Forest in Germany, and through the world's highways, byways, and dirt roads, Airstream enthusiasts have been there with their silver-bullet looking, aircraft-inspired adventure travel trailers. Just don't call them RVs. “If you told an airstream owner you owned an RV they...

In the hills that surround Gilroy and Morgan Hill, the west is still wild. Cowboys still ride and rope, same as they did back in the day of Henry Miller's reign as the "Cattle King of California." This summer, a reminder of the Santa Clara...

Four Gilroy Unified School District employees were honored with Employee Recognition Program awards at the May 17 Board of Trustees meeting. The honorees, chosen from GUSD’s four bargaining units, were: Rachel Mendoza, California School Employees Association; Sara Espinosa, Gilroy Federation of Paraeducators; Adrienne Summers, Gilroy...

“We would love to have you come back to Morgan Hill,” Mayor Steve Tate exclaimed to Amgen Tour of California organizers on the finish line stage—at Fourth Street and Monterey Road in the city’s downtown—at the conclusion of the competition’s May 16 individual time...

Nearly 500 participants helped raise more than $105,000 as they set up camp May 19-20 at Morgan Hill Community Park for the inaugural Relay For Life of South County. The 24-hour walkathon, the biggest annual fundraiser for the American Cancer Society with localized events in...