Prep Soccer: ‘Deadly duo’ lifts Cougars past Seaside
GILROY—Teammates call them the “deadly duo”, and twins Jesus and Luis Martinez showed why on Tuesday as Christopher powered past Seaside for a league win on home turf.
Officer shoots at wanted felon who drove at officer
An officer shot at a wanted felon when the fugitive sped off
JoAnne C. Moore
JoAnne C. Moore passed away due to a brief illness at her Morgan Hill home at the age of 60. She was born in Gilroy and lived in Santa Clara County for about 45 years. She was raised on the Sargeant Ranch in San Juan Bautista. She was a member of the Chippewa-Cree Tribe Rocky Boy Indian Reservation in Montana, The United Sons of Badoc and Friends. She graduated from Gilroy High School, was a Certified Nurses' Assistant and worked in home health for over 140 families in Gilroy and Morgan Hill. She enjoyed ballroom dancing with her husband, Mark, who she married in 1985 in Gilroy.
Tax hike goes to voters
After more than an hour of public comment Aug. 4, City Council approved putting a measure before voters that would increase the city’s sales tax by a half percent with a 5-1 vote. If approved by voters in November, Gilroy’s sales tax would jump from 8.75 to 9.25 percent and the city would have the highest sales tax in all of Santa Clara County.
UPDATED: Suspicious death classified as homicide
The Gilroy Police Department has classified what was originally a suspicious death of a 74-year-old Gilroy woman at a residence on the 1400 block of Bristlecone Court Tuesday night as a homicide, police said Friday.
