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Gilroy Self Storage Outlet, a project that will cost $12 million when completed by early in 2019, will provide 793 storage units on 4.5 acres at 9080 San Ysidro Ave. The project was celebrated in a ceremonial groundbreaking on March 16. “We plan to build...

Gavilan College has established a new Career Technical Information partnership with Chico State University to offer a “2+2” program for Gavilan business majors who want to achieve a Bachelor’s degree in Concrete Industry Management at Chico State. Students will complete an Associate Degree in Business...

A dispute over parking fees with the Santa Clara County Parks and Recreation Department has forced cancellation of the annual 'Bug Shoot' sponsored by the Mt. Madonna Bowmen at the Mt. Madonna public archery range. In response, the club said it intends to stop performing...

The U.S. Supreme Court justices Tuesday heard arguments in its first abortion-related case under President Trump, and “pregnancy centers” in Gilroy and Hollister were center stage. In a story that led nearly every major national news report on Tuesday, lawyers for the National Institute of...

An off-duty Gilroy Police officer was arrested last week in Hollister on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol. Geoffrey Guerin, a veteran sergeant with Gilroy Police Department, was arrested by Hollister Police about 12:39am March 15, a spokesman for the Hollister Police Department...

Steven Juarez—known affectionately by his friends and family as “Stevie”—was a social butterfly, a die-hard football fan and a tattoo artist who inked some of his childhood friends from his east Gilroy neighborhood. He was also a father, brother, son and friend who was remembered...

After going 3-15 in Monterey Bay League Gabilan Division play last year, the Gilroy High baseball team has nowhere to go but up this season. And that’s exactly what the Mustangs plan to do. “I’m expecting to compete a lot better,” Gilroy coach Billy Holler...

Two Navigator charter schools, Gilroy and Hollister Prep, are up for renewals of their charter school petitions by their host districts. All early indications point to new five-year pacts at both sites. Gilroy Prep, Navigator’s flagship school, opened in 2011 with authorization from Gilroy Unified...

The water quality lab of the Santa Clara Valley Water District late last year participated in proficiency testing managed by the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene. In the tests, the water district ranked second out of 54 participating labs nationwide, the district said in...

Knock, knock, Santa Clara County. The county Board of Supervisors has put up $1 million to beef up the upcoming United States Census in 2020, in an effort not only to get a better understanding of the county's demographics but also to pump more...