How Much Should a Council Run Cost?
City law sets a limit, but it's above $23,000 and that's a tough
JV HOOPS: Junior varsity Mustangs go undefeated at Watsonville tourney
The GHS boys junior varsity basketball team went 3-0 in the
Puppy killer and 12-time felon gets six years in prison
The 12-time felon and Gilroy man who killed his wife’s puppy by throwing it against a wall more than a year ago was sentenced Friday morning to six years in state prison, a much shorter sentence than the 25 years to life he was facing.
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Sidewalks: By the numbers- 11,120: Property sites surveyed- 2,555: Sites in need of repair- 101: Cans of orange spray paint used to mark broken sidewalks- $11.7 million: Total cost to repair sidewalk areas* if city does all the work- $7.4 million: Total cost if residents hire contractors and then bill city- $6.7 million: Cost to just repair/replace sidewalk and tree if city does all the work- $4.2 million: Cost to just repair/replace sidewalk and tree if residents hire labor- $2.6 million: Cost to just repair/replace sidewalk and tree according to actual cost averages from 80-20 program data -$7.9 million: Total cost to repair sidewalk areas, according to 2006 survey- $6.2 million: Total cost to repair sidewalk areas, according to 2002 survey- $325,128: Amount budgeted for sidewalk repair this fiscal year- $41,580: Amount left- $455,219: Amount spent on sidewalk repair last fiscal year- 67: Number of property owners who have taken part in the 80-20 program since its June inception- 72: Number of property owners on waiting list- 22: Average number of applicants per month- $5,000: Average sidewalk area repair cost per property- $4,200: Average of city's share under 80-20 program- 4: Average number of 50-50 applicants per month since 1993- $3.4 million: Total value of sidewalk repairs since 50-50 program began in 1993* "Sidewalk area" includes removing and replacing sidewalk, grinding, tree replacement with root barriers, ADA ramps for corner properties, curb and gutter replacement and driveway and parkstrip improvements.
Slight chance of thunderstorms Monday, Tuesday
With dry ground cover throughout the area and the potential of dry lightning striking down in the Bay Area, the National Weather Service has put out a “red flag warning” through Tuesday.


















