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The City of Gilroy has announced the following, in the wake of a heavy rain forecast: 

Some may wonder why the faithful tend to get a little bent out of shape over the phrase Happy Holidays. It’s not that the phrase itself is offensive, after all, it has its root meaning from “holy day.” It may have more to do with the fact the phrase, Happy Holidays, is used because it’s “less” offensive to others who don’t believe in the Christ child’s mission on earth.

Gilroy’s first combined co-working space and digital media studio is getting ready to open later this month as CMAP (Community Media Access Partnership) puts the finishing touches on its new downtown location.

They will not be adopted until February, but officials this week offered an early peek at Gilroy’s ambitious education goals for 2017, many made possible by one of last year’s big successes: Measure E.

The video is chilling. A woman carrying a shopping bag is walking down a vacant street at night, shops are closed, a couple passes her, but it is clear she is oblivious to the man trailing behind.

Inclement Weather Episode Declared for the Entire Santa Clara County

Heavy rains flooded out the Silva Crossing entrance to Christmas Hill Park Wednesday, a regular occurrence in heavy rains, that hasn't occurred enough in these drought years. 

So many of us can’t wait to get 2016 behind us, but there was plenty for locals to remember fondly in the sports world.

As the year winds down, I find myself in a reflective mood. Maybe it is due to hearing renditions of “Auld Lang Syne” everywhere I go. Here at Live Oak Adult Day Services, we welcomed many new seniors this year and we, sadly, have mourned the loss of others. The staff here is often asked how we cope with such loss. Basically, we focus on making each day special for the seniors here, and when they are no longer with us we know that we helped them to feel appreciated while they were part of the program. Those thoughts console us.

She believed she could, so she did.