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March 19, 2026

Fire official retires after a long, colorful career

When Colin Martin drives around Gilroy he sees, hears and feels things no one else in his family knows about.

What about this blighted house?

Dear Red Phone:

Gilroy’s Zen Room beats all that stress

Within minutes, the mind wanders off to distant forests and worries melt away, if only for a while. Dawn Culp at The Zen Room, may have the cure for the work-a-day blues. And for a reasonable price too.

Catholic High School Information Night

St. Mary School will be hosting a Catholic High School Information Night on Wednesday, September 20, from 7-8:30 p.m. Students in 7th and 8th grade and their parents are invited to hear from representatives at Archbishop Mitty High, Bellarmine College Prep, Notre Dame High (San Jose), Presentation High and St. Francis High (Mountain View). Three sessions will be offered during the evening so families can rotate through to the schools of their choice. Parking is in the St. Mary church parking lot. No registration is required for this event. For questions, contact (408) 842-2827.

Gilroy Police Arrest Four for Bally Blaze

Gilroy Police arrested four boys, aged 14 and 15, for setting off illegal fireworks that started the Sunday Bally fire, which scorched more than 100 acres of hills above Eagle Ridge before being contained. 

Schools say they will stand by students

On Tuesday President Donald J. Trump ended the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy put in place by Barack Obama, putting the future of 800,000 young immigrants in doubt.

Sounds like the Fourth of July every day

People living in the more rural areas of Gilroy are losing sleep and wondering about a regular loud popping noise that sounds like a shotgun going off. It turns out that farmers are using propane-powered machines that blast off at set intervals to scare away the birds and deer that would otherwise decimate their crops.

Gavilan kicks 17 players off team

Gavilan College removed 17 out-of-state football players—all but one of them African American—from the team and campus last week, claiming the athletes had received prohibited transportation, housing and food benefits and were improperly recruited.

Hard Day’s Night for Gilroy Firefighters

It was already a long week. Working a 96-hour shift as a firefighter in extreme heat, away from home, away from family, can be draining. But when the bell rings, tired or not, members of the Gilroy Fire Department are on the job.

Three fatal car crashes over Labor Day weekend

Three separate fatal car accidents happened around Gilroy over the holiday weekend including one involving Pedro Douglas-Perez of Gilroy.

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