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Residents are invited to share their input and seek information at a series of upcoming workshops on the City of Gilroy’s Civic Center Mater Plan project. The city’s 14-acre civic center campus—located between Sixth and Seventh streets—consists of Gilroy’s chief government and community facilities including...

Terri VanderPol was tinkering in the lab again. Earlier this

Valerie died peacefully at home at the age of 69 with her husband, life time soul mate and partner, Gary, from complications of Multiple Sclerosis which she had for 40 years. She is survived by her loving husband of 50 years, Gary H. Batchelder; daughters, Julie Moody and Cindy (Jerry) Fellows; sisters Alex (Rick) Gannon and Phoebe (Tom) Goold; brother, Dino (Karen) Copetas; grandchildren, Jennifer (Jon) Duncan, Gary Little, Valerie and Pamela-Jean Fellows; great-grandchildren, Aydin Cutler and Jon Duncan; many nieces, nephews, great nieces and great nephews , extended family and many friends. During her life she worked with her husband for 50 years as well as working for JC Penney’s, Gavilan College until her medical retirement in the mid 1980’s. Her family is grateful for all who cared and loved her.

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Kaela Nguyen, a 10-year-old 5th grader at Luigi Aprea in the

As protests sprung up in airports across the nation last weekend in response to President Donald Trump’s latest executive action targeting refugees and immigrants from seven majority Muslim countries, a group of about 30 Gilroyans took to the street on Sunday to show their solidarity.

The 55-year-old mechanic said he's making more costly repairs