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Democratic state Assemblywoman Anna Caballero—a state Senate candidate this year—faced criticism last week after a California-based progressive advocacy group announced her inclusion in a “Hall of Shame.” Caballero received an “F” grade in the third annual “Courage Score” report card for voting against environmental protection,...

Walking the pathways at Las Animas Veterans Memorial Park will be smooth this summer as upgrades are expected to begin next month. The Gilroy City Council voted last week to dedicate grant funds to upgrade part of Las Animas Veterans Memorial Park off Wren Avenue....

Gilroy school district leaders have decided to shift Measure E priorities from an immediate need to build a new elementary school to a more pressing issue of modernizing  Brownell and South Valley middle schools. This change in plans comes after a Jan. 18 presentation by...

“Frosty” Allmond, charged in the Jan. 6 stabbing of Pinocchio’s pizza restaurant owner Sal Oliveri, has a long history of homelessness, drug abuse—and knife attacks, according to authorities in several states. “Frosty’s” full name is Marcus Anthony Allmond. In ancient Rome, Marcus Antonius, perhaps better...

For more than eight months, volunteers each day have gone to a Monterey Street parking lot in Gilroy and filled a small white cabinet with canned goods and other packaged foods. “Take What You Need, Leave What You Can” is written on the plexiglas doors...

In Gilroy, the green economy soon may roll into town in the form of green bicycles. LimeBike, a bike-share company based in Silicon Valley, will bring in between 200 and 300 bikes that can be rented on a ride-by-ride basis via a cell phone app....

Downtown Gilroy is going to get a lot more brew-tiful in 2018. By the end of the year, the downtown will add two new breweries, Promised Land Brewing Company and Lonely Oak Brew Pub and Pizzeria. Bartenders Union, a place for the low-key lovers...

As Gavilan College prepares for its 100th birthday in 2019, historian Leah Halper is looking for interested parties who attended the college to contribute their memories to a Gavilan College Centennial archive and oral history project. Of special interest are those who attended San Benito...

On the northern part of San Benito County near Highway 101 at McAlpine Lake Campground, the tents of Almost Home offer as a stark contrast to the homeless encampments that pop up along the South Valley’s railroads and waterways. The privately funded camp site represents...

The Gilroy City Council appointed Marie Blankley to an open council seat at Monday’s regular meeting. Council members voted earlier this month to appoint a person to the council to replace Paul Kloecker, who died in December. The new city council member was interviewed alongside three...