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The South County Faith-Based Coalition will host two events in the coming weeks that are intended to bring locals together to help their fellow residents and honor the region’s law enforcement. On April 21 at 12:30pm, coalition volunteers will visit Park Place apartments in Morgan...

One week after its grand opening, Pound 4 Pound Sports Fitness, the new boxing gym on Monterey Street, was popping with the sounds of the sweet science. Whap, whap—swap—pap, pap, pap! "We're here to build champions," said Ruben Guerrero before the day sparring sessions started at...

The City of Gilroy is on aggressive pace to plant more than 100 trees per year in downtown neighborhoods, replacing many diseased or dead trees. The City Council last week heard that 100 trees had been planted, with a goal of 500, in hopes of...

Municipal water districts, homeowners, farmers and ranchers with their own water wells face fee increases of 7.9 to 22.2 percent from the Santa Clara Valley Water District. Well users don’t use the district’s treatment plants, pipes or pumping stations, but they do dip into the...

Despite stalled talks with the teachers’ union, Gilroy school district leaders reached an agreement with its classified (non-instructional) staff for the 2017-18 school year that includes a 2 percent pay raise retroactive to July 1, 2017. Gilroy Unified School District’s Board of Trustees ratified the...

The County of Santa Clara Vector Control District will host its fourth annual open house from on Tuesday April 17, from 10am to 3pm. The event at the mosquito-control headquarters at 1580 Berger Drive,San Jose will celebrate 30 years of protecting public health with a...

Uvas Canyon County Park has reopened after heavy rains last winter forced its closure for more than a year, and reservations for parking are now required on weekends and holidays, according to authorities. In February 2017, torrential storms caused so much damage to Croy Road—the...

The South County Reentry Resource Center—which offers a variety of services to help probation clients and others recently released from incarceration to reintegrate into society—will celebrate a grand opening at its new location at 8425 Murray Ave. in Gilroy later this month. The center opened...

The California Highway Patrol will recognize two men—one a Morgan Hill resident—for saving the lives of two people involved in a 2017 traffic accident, according to authorities. An awards ceremony for Jose Perez, of Morgan Hill, will take place on a date to be announced...

The expected opening date for the Alexander Station Apartments, the 262-unit affordable apartment complex on Alexander Street has been delayed again. The Rental staff now hope the apartments will open in late September. Despite the latest delay, rental applications at Alexander Station are still coming...