Traffic calm enough on upper Welburn, study says
In a move that may spur outrage no matter the outcome, the Gilroy City Council on Monday decided to reverse course on upper Welburn and remove contentious No Turn signs installed earlier this year.
With too few riders, Gilroy loses three bus routes
Gilroy bus riders will lose three routes in a major Valley Transportation Authority redesign that eliminates bus routes 14, 17 and 19 and replaces them with a longer loop route, 85.
Guest Column: What to do about Gilroy’s rising debt?
With the budget crisis facing Gilroy, one thing is evident, the status quo is not going to cut it anymore. Changes in how government delivers service and what those services costs are going to happen whether or not you like it or not. That is just a simple fact of economics; we are living in a time of limited resources with huge unfunded liabilities created by overly generous salaries and pension benefits made to public employees and mounting costs of repairing our aging infrastructure.
Gilroy tourism booming
Last year alone, tourists spent more than $350 million in Gilroy, making the Garlic Capital of the World a major hub for tourism in the Silicon Valley. With the 38th annual Garlic Festival just around the corner, tourism in Gilroy is only going to get hotter as the summer approaches.
