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William Dawson, 32, who taught at the Gilroy Unified School District's advanced student program, was arrested Wednesday and charged with seven felonies for a relationship he had with a 17-year-old female student.

The City of Gilroy has announced Civic Voice, a new website where residents can learn about city projects, join online discussions and share ideas. Find updates on land use issues, development projects and important city news. Currently, residents can find the latest on the 2040 General Plan, High Speed Rail Station Area Plan, and current status 1st Street / State Route 152. Each project includes an area where users can post their views and opinions. Sign up and learn more at civicvoice.accela.com/gilroyca/index

Conservationists are cheering the first steelhead trout spawning run here since 2013.

With all the money that’s spent in our county on flood prevention and control, it’s reasonable to expect that there would be some good plans to prevent a Katrina-style urban flood. Judging by what occurred to residents in neighborhoods to the north—in a modern city of a million people—it’s safe to conclude that local communities are not well prepared for large-scale natural disasters.

The rumors circulating on social media for months are true. Gilroy will get its first brewery and taproom when Golden State Brewery opens later this year at 7560 Monterey St. in downtown Gilroy, formerly occupied by Net Fitness.

Used by law enforcement, corrections officials and the Israeli Defense Forces, less lethal defense systems are now coming to a home near you.

Gilroy is set to lose three bus lines, 50 percent of its total coverage area, if a proposed network redesign is approved by the VTA Board of Directors in April.

Highways 129 and 152 were closed Wednesday because of floods and mudslides. 129 was open with a detour Tuesday over to San Juan Road, but even that detour was closed Wednesday, although with no signs alerting drivers in Watsonville to the closure.