Alexander Station repairs begin
According to city officials, last winter’s rains struck Gilroy’s tallest building–the 162-unit Alexander Station Apartments–before the ceilings were finished and caused the floors to swell.
Luckily, according to building reports, the concrete foundation is solid with no evidence of settling.
Gilroy Chief Building Inspector Rob Allen...
Survey pinpoints the city’s accident hotspots
The most dangerous intersection in town is the one on Murray Avenue and Leavesley Road with 35 collisions, including three DUIs and one involving a pedestrian, according to a report released during a special city council study session.
Out of the top 10 dangerous intersections...
City holds annual holiday festivities
Gilroy Downtown Business Association will host the annual Gilroy Holiday Parade, Doggie Dress-Up and ceremonial Christmas tree lighting Saturday, December 2, from 2:30pm to 7 pm. This year’s Holiday Parade Grand Marshal is Siena Arioto, whose team was the top earner for the South...
Customers love All Natural fruits
Nine years ago, people told Juan Carlos Guizar he was crazy to open a pushcart fruit stand at the Gilroy Outlets. The requirements there were too expensive and there were no other businesses like it in Gilroy.
But two years later, Guizar opened a second...
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...
