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January 17, 2026

Brad and Aimee Ledwith: ‘I think I should be with you …’

She was a student at UCSB and I was trying to recruit her to work for me. I was six years older. Her name tag said, “AIMEE.” So the first time I ever met my wife of 13 years, I started singing “Aimee, what you wanna do? I think I should be with you ... for awhile, maybe longer ... if I do!”

Council approves idea of layoffs, awaits tweaks

Rather than rubber stamp the city administrator's plan to layoff

GHS Bops Branham

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Battle-rapper plans to bring dog rescue program to Gilroy

adopt my block daniel martinez dog rescue
Daniel Martinez hops out of his black Cadillac SRX and nods toward me, chatting enthusiastically on his cellphone. Around San Jose, he’s known to many as the gregarious, insult-slinging battle-rapper and podcast host Dirtbag Dan, but there’s no trace of that character now. Instead,...

Local Scene: Fourth events; book sale

Fireworks show on tap; booths set up Gilroy’s annual fireworks show is set for July 4 at 9:30pm. The fireworks, which will be set off at Gilroy High School, can be viewed from nearby neighborhoods and Christmas Hill Park. “Safe and sane” fireworks, which are those that...

Young great blue heron gets food, help

In June, a boating inspector named Patricia came across a young great blue heron in the middle of the road at Coyote Lake-Harvey Bear Ranch County Park in San Martin. The bird couldn't fly but was trying to hop across the road to get up an embankment. Concerned that it might get hit by a vehicle, Patricia brought the bird to the ranger station. Park ranger Seth Topping, who just happens to be a former WERC volunteer, contacted the Wildlife Education and Rehabilitation Center for advice on evaluating whether the bird needed to be rescued or should be returned to the lake. Because its attempts to strike and defend itself were slow and off the mark, Topping determined that it was probably too young or too malnourished to live if released. Patricia transported it to WERC.

Digest

Man sentenced to 3 years for driving over wife

Crash and burn

GILROY

Raising Grapes

Emilio DeSousa tends to grape vines on a hillside along Mantelli

Sex lawsuit against city advances

A U.S. District Court judge this week denied a request by the City of Gilroy to toss a lawsuit by a former employee who alleges she was harassed and fired for refusing to engage in sexual promiscuity within the Gilroy Police Department, according to...

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