Bond bucks shifted to middle schools
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...
Pinocchio suspect has record of attacks
“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...
‘Blessing Box’ escapes removal
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...
LimeBike bike share helps Gilroy go green
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....
Beer business brewing in downtown Gilroy
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...
Gavilan seeking memories for 100th birthday celebration
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...
Private site offers help
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...
Council selects Blankley for seat
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...
Two cities create new combined relay race
With the American Cancer Society pushing for more regional fundraising efforts, local organizers of the annual Relay For Life from Morgan Hill and Gilroy have combined their resources and developed the inaugural Relay For Life of South County.
“Some people go to both Relays, some...
County recognizes local groups for cleanup
The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors this week presented commendations to members of the San Martin Neighborhood Alliance, the San Martin Chamber of Commerce and Greenwaste Recovery, Inc. for their joint efforts in hosting the November 2017 Trash Bash event in San Martin.
Supervisor...
