Sunny skies sticking around in South County
Thursday’s warm temperatures fell one degree shy of a new Feb. 12 record as South County residents turned in their umbrellas and rain gear for shorts and tank tops.
Our View: Attorney General must approve sale
The move by the Daughters of Charity Health System to sell Saint Louise Regional Hospital in Gilroy and De Paul Medical Center in Morgan Hill might be the Roman Catholic religious order's best decision since it was founded in France in 1633 by St. Vincent de Paul to care for the poor.
$18 million project underway along U.S. 101 in South County
GILROY—Caltrans is inching towards completion of an $18 million project to add carpool lanes, meters and traffic surveillance cameras to U.S. 101 on-ramps in Gilroy, Morgan Hill and South San Jose.
Organized Disruption
Some may not associate the South Valley with the amplified music, aggressive vocals and hard beats of heavy metal music.
Debris clogs Gilroy waterway
GILROY—When Pat Vickroy called the city in December about mounting debris in a seasonal water channel that weaves through central Gilroy neighborhoods, he thought he’d stumbled on a problem he could tackle.
A shout out to our amazing wineries
Congratulations are in order for the local wine industry, as the results of the San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition are in. This is the first wine-judging event of the year and with more than 6,400 entries, this is the largest judging of American wines in the world. This year 86 awards went to wineries in Santa Clara and San Benito counties. Our wineries won 35 bronze, 37 silver, 11 gold, two double gold and one Best of Class.
Twilite golf registration open
Registration for Gilroy Golf Course's Twilite Golf League is now open.Â
Police blotter: Eluding a pursuing officer, DUI
The Gilroy Police Department made arrests for a wide range of crimes this past week, including failure to register as a sex offender, embezzlement, carrying a concealed firearm and eluding a pursuing police officer. Arrests were recorded in the GPD blotter between Jan. 31 and Feb. 8. Following a shift in official policy, the Dispatch will no longer be publishing the names of suspects as they appear in the arrest logs for the purposes of the police blotter.
Prime wrong about Kaiser’s support
Contrary to remarks made during a Monday interview with the Dispatch, healthcare giant Kaiser Permanente has not taken an about-face and rescinded its official opposition to the transfer of Daughters of Charity hospitals to for-profit Prime Healthcare.
