Growth or no growth? Official votes both ways
There was more than met the eye last Monday at the Gilroy City Council meeting when the council voted 5-2 to reject city staff's recommendation to approve an extension of the city's Residential Development Ordinance with Councilmembers Peter Leroe-Muñoz and Fred Tovar being the...
The stories behind Gilroy’s wild street names
Have you ever driven on No Name Uno Road and wondered, what is the deal with that name? So have we. To slake our curiously over the curious names of some of Gilroy's streets, we did some sleuthing to figure out how and why...
Volunteers get dirty to clean up San Martin
San Martin is a cleaner and greener city today than it was last week, thanks to the efforts of about 80 South County residents who participated in the local chamber of commerce’s inaugural Trash Bash and Veterans Day Flag Raising event.
Volunteers from San Martin,...
Police find card scanning device at Valero
The Gilroy Police Department has been inundated with credit card fraud cases over the weekend. During the investigation of these cases, it was learned the majority of victims used their credit/ATM cards at the Valero gas station, located at 1190 First Street, in...
Gilroy biz cleans rivers and streams
A new Gilroy business is doing its part to help the environment by using nature to help nature. Filtrexx, an Akron, Ohio-based company, recently held its ribbon-cutting ceremony and is hitting the ground running, pumping out thousands of yards of products that use a...
Students get crash course in interviewing
Remember that feeling heading into your first job interview? The panic? Dread? The confusion and uncertainty? Did you have any idea what you were doing? If so, you’re like millions of Americans who stumble into job interviews.
To help prepare for this critical skill, the...
Making Gilroy more bike-able and walk-able
For members of the City of Gilroy Bicycle and Pedestrian Commission, the ride has been a little bumpy. For Zach Hilton, a first-year chairperson and a Gilroyan who works as a firefighter in Oakland, maneuvering around the bumps in the road are worth the...
Neighbors could use radar guns for traffic
People in Gilroy neighborhoods may be allowed to use radar guns to monitor and report traffic violations in their neighborhoods, the City Council suggested Monday.
After an hour-long discussion about people speeding and cutting through neighborhoods, endangering children and pedestrians, the council voted unanimously to...
Commission relaxes cannabis ban
The Gilroy Planning Commission bucked the city staff’s recommendation and opened the door to possible recreational cannabis sales in Gilroy Thursday.
In a 5-1 vote, with Tom Fischer voting against it, the commission decided not to strengthen anti-marijuana laws before the state legalizes the herb...
