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An American hero came home Friday, Nov. 17, 2017. Frank Louis Masoni returned home from the war. Not the Middle East, not the Vietnam War, but World War II. Frank was 20 years old when he volunteered for the Marine Corps. He had been a...

Check out our slideshow of the Gilroy Holiday Parade and let us know which of these shots we should put in the printed version of the newspaper.

Even as a toddler, Bradley Stone had an uncanny ability to choose music to entertain visitors to his parents’ Chicago home. “When I was one and a half years old, my mother would ask friends and relatives to make a musical request,” Stone said. “They...

Siena Arioto, 8, had just written a letter to Santa when she got the big news–she was selected to be the Grand Marshal at the Gilroy Holiday Parade Saturday. Now, she will hand deliver the letter when she rides in his sleigh, surrounded by friends...

In an effort to take local control before new state laws go into effect in January, the Gilroy City Council passed two “emergency” ordinances last week, one to stop commercial cannabis sales and the other to limit the size of “grandmother” units to 600...

Since 1972, when he missed a Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors meeting and got assigned an unwanted task, Phil Buchanan, 79, has worked on putting up Gilroy’s downtown Christmas Tree and banners. But what started as an unexpected chore, has become a real labor...

The 30 miles between Gilroy and Monterey Bay didn’t seem like a great distance for diver Mauricio Muñoz–it seemed perfect. After years in the Silicon Valley corporate world, the lifetime scuba diver decided to open a business that reflected his passion and took a risk...

Gilroy Police are investigating the first homicide of 2017. Here's their press release: On November 29, 2017, at 4:34 p.m., officers from the Gilroy Police Department responded to a report of a shooting on the 7500 block of Alexander Street. When officers arrived, they located...

You no longer need to shush in the Gilroy Public Library. Facing the movement to doing everything online, the 53,500 square foot downtown building has become a community hub, with dozens of computers, classes, robots, yes, robots, children’s activities that include reading to dogs,...

There were AR-15s, ammo, gun safes, feminist and California secessionists who wish to split up the state at the Hollister Gun Fair held at Bolado Park in Tres Pinos–but no customer walked out with a new gun. Some of the more than 200 people...