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For 30 years, during careers in engineering and computerized banking, through fatherhood and retirement and as a student and teacher at Gavilan Community College in Gilroy, Herb Spenner lived with a singular, droning dream.

Gilroy is the fastest growing city in Santa Clara County with 1,159 new residents in 2016, according to a demographics report released by the California Department of Finance New State Population Report.

From the SC Sheriff's Dept.:

Mrityunjoy Dhar, a 30-year-old flying fanatic, walked away from a San Martin plane crash last Saturday with only cuts to his face.

None of the trees the City of Gilroy wants to cut down need to be immediately removed, according to a local certified arborist who reviewed the city’s list of 235 trees it has identified for felling due to public safety reasons.

A Latino advocacy group that puts on the annual Tamale festival in downtown Gilroy was left out in the cold Monday, as the City Council in a 3-2 vote, refused to give them the okay to occupy the ground floor of a building in Gilroy’s downtown historic district.

On their vacation in Manhattan, Gilroyans Yolanda Mendoza and Mary Baro got on the Today Show and the Wendy show and gave a shout out to Gilroy. 

Where are the trees?

In today’s world, sewing your own clothes may seem a bit outdated, but here in Gilroy, one woman’s passion has created a resurgence for the craft, as well as a sense of pride for those who’ve mastered it.