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Gilroy is about to get a new dog food company thanks to Hollister’s looser cannabis cultivation laws and the run up on building prices they are bringing about. Green Tripe, which sells millions of dollars a year of raw dog food around the world, is...

When Gilroy High School graduate Tyler Park, 26, was at U.C. Davis studying political science, he wasn’t sure what he’d do with his life. Then he went to a mock trial club run by his roommate, and fell in love with the law. “For some reason,...

Gilroy is proud to be acknowledged as a Tree City USA city. Right? Actually, no. At a meeting of the Parks and Recreation Commission,  Recreation Manager Adam Henig revealed that Gilroy is no longer an official Tree City. Why? Somebody in City Hall forgot to apply. In...

Unlike what’s going on in neighboring Hollister, the green dreams of pot entrepreneurs in Gilroy are drying up. The city has already legislated against medical marijuana dispensaries and will take action in the next few weeks to ban recreational growing and sales of cannabis. “We have...

The Santa Clara County Vector Control District is reaching out to residents of the South Valley regarding a nasty invader that has the potential to pack a powerful punch despite its diminutive size. The Aedes Aegypti, more commonly known as the yellow-fever mosquito, has been...

The grinning horse mascot of See Grins RV has plenty of reasons to smile. In Gilroy, automotive sales rose by more than 27 percent between 2013 and 2016 and much of that gain was fueled by sales of recreational vehicles. According to the Recreation Vehicle...

People may say that Gilroy is too small, too agricultural and too square for yoga and meditation. Amit Verma and Balaji Vaidyanathan, both tech workers in Silicon Valley and co-directors of the third annual YogaFest, aim to prove that yoga is for everyone, not...

There's a sinking feeling at Alexander Station Apartments. City inspectors say up to 162 of 262 units in the buildings at Alexander and 10th Streets are sinking one-fourth to one-half inches and repairs will be necessary before they approve the apartments for occupancy. “The excessive...

Sometimes it seems like you need a college degree to install a child’s car seat. And, in fact, you almost do. CHP officers take an intensive week-long training to learn how to install the seats and when they check the ones drivers have installed, they...

As Gilroy prepares to welcome its first brew pub in Golden State Brewery, the downtown will also receive a first-hand experience of a “parklet,” where outdoor seating juts out onto the street in front of the building. The Golden State Brewery parklet is the first...