Request to add 721 acres to city limits delayed until 2016
GILROY—An application to expand Gilroy city limits by nearly seven percent will not go before the Santa Clara County Local Agency Formation Commission Organization for deliberation by the end of the year as planned, according to Community Development Director Kristi Abrams.
Prep Boys Water Polo: Cougars, Mustangs ready for action
GILROY—The boys water polo teams at Gilroy and Christopher High schools have spent the summer practicing. Now, the Garlic City boys are ready for action and they’ll kick off the competitive season with a game against one another.
Meet the librarian; be a Road Scholar
Morgan Hill library gained a great asset in 2005 when Saralyn Otter, supervising children’s librarian, joined the staff. Otter received a bachelor’s degree in sociology from UCSC. She switched career gears when she followed advice from her mother, a former librarian, and signed up for a two-year library school program at San Jose State, one of only two schools in California to offer the program.
In Hollister, Del Webb gears up for construction
SAN BENITO COUNTY--Del Webb and San Juan Oaks Golf Club are getting set to take their final plans before county officials in the coming weeks and potentially start construction on nearly 1,100 homes and a planned senior-living community in the spring.
Rec Softball: Aug. 28
GILROY—The Bash Brothers moved to 2-0 atop the Wednesday Men’s Fall E Softball League with a 17-8 nod over the Expos at Las Animas Veterans Park.
Hispanic groups reject Gavilan College election maps
GILROY—Hispanic voting rights advocates have challenged a trio of draft plans for new voting districts drawn by Gavilan Community College as it carefully makes a historic switch from at-large to by-district elections for the board of trustees.
DUI checkpoint set for Saturday
SOUTH COUNTY—The California Highway Patrol will be on the lookout for impaired drivers at a special checkpoint somewhere in southern Santa Clara County Saturday, according to a statement from the agency’s Hollister-Gilroy office.
CHP seeks witnesses to Aug. 26 sexual assault
SOUTH COUNTY—Authorities are seeking witnesses to a late-night sexual assault that took place Wednesday off of U.S. 101 in southern Santa Clara County.
Prep Volleyball: Cougars, Mustangs ready for season
GILROY—It’s been a busy summer for the Cougar and Mustangs volleyball teams. They’ve logged countless practice hours to prep for the upcoming season, and on Sept. 1 they’ll show each other what they’ve learned.
