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It’s hard to imagine, but what if studying math were fun?

The Gilroy mayoral race is starting to heat up as Terry Feinberg has announced he is resigning his post as chairman of the board of the Gilroy Chamber of Commerce in order to support Councilmember Roland Velasco in his bid to become Gilroy’s next mayor.

If Billy Joel were passing through the South Valley, even the “piano man” would be impressed with Gilroy’s newest outlet store, The Piano Outlet.

Joe Lomeli didn’t know he was dead. He thought he was dreaming.

Chronic absenteeism in Gilroy schools has hovered around 12.5 percent in recent years, but a new approach has reduced that number and is keeping more kids in classrooms.

He came to Gilroy as deputy district attorney prosecuting drug dealers and bad financial actors. Mayor Pro Tempore Peter Leroe-Muñoz is a Harvard Law School alum with a first-hand understanding of public safety issues affecting the region. No longer in the running for state Assembly, having dropped out of the race in January, Leroe-Muñoz has two more years left in his term on the City Council. In this Q&A he addresses a major project’s effect on the communications capabilities of law enforcement and emergency responders across the region, as well as a rumour about his residency.

Hundreds of Christopher High School students saw some of their peers "die" in a massive car crash on the athletic field Wednesday.

Hundreds of people flocked to see the creek overflow at Christmas Hill Park, saying it was a way of celebrating water in the face of a long drought. 

Four years and nearly $5.2 million after the concept came up, the Don Christopher Sports Complex was officially dedicated at the high school named for the Gilroy businessman and philanthropist.