Lupe Muro Corral
Born 88 years ago to Juan Muro and Francisca Del Rio Muro in Kansas City, Lupe Muro Corral lived a significant and purposeful life. At 17, she met and married her husband Leo Corral. Leo, Lupe and the extended family traversed the states from Kansas, Nebraska, Idaho, Montana, and California as migrant farmworkers. After many years of the migratory life, Leo and Lupe and two daughters settled in Gilroy in 1940 with a desire to stay put. And that, they did. Leo and Lupe worked for Charlie Gubser on his ranch and it was there that they expanded their family to six children. Living the American dream, Leo and Lupe bought a home in 1957 and this home became the nucleus of family activity.
Open Space Authority pays $2.8 million for Gilroy land
GILROY—The Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority this week purchased 183 acres of farmland south of Gilroy to help permanently protect land where Llagas Creek flows into the Pajaro River. The public agency now owns or controls more than 16,000 acres, according to spokesperson Patty Eaton.
Police release photo of Walmart robbery suspect
The Gilroy Police Department has released security photos of a man wanted for robbing a local Walmart of more than $3,000. And it's asking the public to help locate him.
Former Gilroy man sworn in
When Gilroy High School graduate Tyler Park, 26, was at U.C. Davis studying political science, he wasn’t sure what he’d do with his life.
Then he went to a mock trial club run by his roommate, and fell in love with the law.
“For some reason,...
Gilroy, San Juan Bautista featured in new historical railroad book
Gilroy is featured in “El Camino Real and the Route of the Daylight”, a book recently published by the Los Angeles Railroad Heritage Foundation about the history of California's first road and railroad systems.
















