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April 1, 2026

Two homeless men intoxicate, rape 13-year-old girl in Christmas Hill Park

Two transient males raped a 13-year-old girl near Christmas Hill

Restaurant, stores destroyed in San Juan blaze

A fire Saturday destroyed a decades-old building at 35 Washington St. in historic San Juan Bautista housing a Chinese restaurant, antique shop and lamp store called Tom's Vintage Lights.

Caryl Simpson

Pets and gardening were two of Caryl Simpson's favorite pastimes at her art-filled home in Aromas, where she opened and ran the popular Cafe Aromas after closing her Garlic Festival Store and Gallery in downtown Gilroy. She was the force behind the iconic history of Gilroy garlic mural at the corner of Fifth and Monterey streets, on the exterior south wall of what was at the time her store. She called the colorful work, Gilroy's postcard to the world.

All-day kindergarten implemented district-wide

Starting next school year, every elementary school in the Gilroy

Letters: Congressman Honda hardly telling the whole truth about health care

Congressman Mike Honda in a Dispatch article on Nov. 13

‘Suspicious white powder’ on Martin Road determined to be non-hazardous

Authorities responded to a home on the 200 block of Martin Road Thursday afternoon, after a caller discovered a “suspicious white powder substance,” according to acting Fire Capt. Greg Lopez. The San Jose Fire Department’s Hazardous Materials Team determined at approximately 3 p.m. the substance was not hazardous.

Local Digest

Local Digest

New Beginnings 2005 – Frank Valadez

Frank Valadez

Local Scene: Historic walking tour; city internship program opens

7391 alexander street gilroy historical society
Walking tour visits East Side The Gilroy Historical Society’s monthly walking tours continue on April 2 with a tour of Railroad and Alexander streets on Gilroy’s East Side. Participants are asked to meet at the Gilroy Museum, 195 Fifth St., at 10am. Donations to the museum are...

Shutout propels Sharks to first ever Western Conference Finals lead

SAN JOSE – Deep into the team’s 25th season, the San Jose Sharks claimed a series lead in a conference final for the first time by methodically dispatching the visiting St. Louis Blues 3-0 Thursday night.

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