UPDATED: Higher water rates for residents coming
GILROY—A “game changer” of a court ruling in southern California is leading Gilroy and other cities to revise their tiered water pricing schedules, spelling out higher costs for residential users and shrinking bills for large commercial and industrial users.
Local digest: Shakespeare comes to ADB tonight and Thursday night
The Antonio Del Buono Performance Group under the artistic
PitStop Outreach receives $5K grant
PitStop Outreach received a $5,000 grant from Spectrum on July 14 to help the organization deliver food and other necessities to those in need.
The mission of PitStop Outreach is to work in partnership with unhoused residents of Gilroy to improve their safety, health and...
Live Oak grad to compete for Miss California Latina
Live Oak High School alumna Kassandra Pena, 24, will compete for the title of Miss California Latina 2013 Dec. 1.The competition will take place at Hotel Westin in Pasadena, and the winner will go on to represent California at the 2014 Miss Latina US, according to a press release from the Miss California Latina Pageant. Pena’s family moved to Morgan Hill in 2007, when she graduated from Live Oak, she said. Now a San Jose resident, Pena graduated from San Jose State University in 2011 with a degree in broadcast journalism. She was also a member of Lambda Theta Nu sorority at SJSU. Pena’s platform is gang prevention, according to the press release. She currently writes for LatinitasMagazine.com, an online digital magazine empowering Latina youth through the use of media and technology.Pena is the current title holder of Miss San Jose Latina 2013. Some of her sponsors are DryBar - Santana Row, and Mexico Lindo Restaurant, the press release says. Her parents still live in Morgan Hill, and Pena said she visits them every week.
Air quality improves
Coastal breezes pushed dangerously hazy air to the east on Friday, Aug. 10, ending three days of poor air quality in the South County.
Dangerous air from northern and eastern wildfire continued to linger over the Central Valley, and Sierra foothill Friday evening.
The air...
Los Angeles firm purchases Vineyards multifamily complex in Gilroy
A Los Angeles-based real estate investment firm, TruAmerica Multifamily, announced in December they purchased a 170-unit multifamily complex in Gilroy called the Vineyards for $38.3 million, according to a press release.
Red Phone: 35 mph sign doesn’t fit
“The posted speed limit on Santa Teresa Boulevard between Fitzgerald Avenue and Day Road West is 50 mph. At 10215 Santa Teresa Blvd., there is a sign saying “35 MPH SPEED ZONE AHEAD.” However, there is no sign saying 35 mph at all farther down the road. The next speed limit sign is in front of Christopher High School saying 45 mph. Why have such a sign at 10215? Perhaps the sign should have said “45 MPH SPEED ZONE AHEAD,” or the sign is left over from the roadway configuration that existed before the high school was built and traffic lights added.”
