Meet the candidate: Jaime Rosso, GUSD Board of Education
Gilroy Dispatch: Briefly describe your background and experience. Why are you qualified for this position?
Meet the candidate: Patricia Midtgaard, GUSD Board of Education
Gilroy Dispatch: Briefly describe your background and experience. Why are you qualified for this position?
Meet the candidate: Dom Payne, GUSD Board of Education
Gilroy Dispatch: Briefly describe your background and experience. Why are you qualified for this position?
Sales tax debate heats up
As both sides of Measure F push to grow the number of voters in their corner—with less than two weeks until Election Day—the debate swirling around the half-percent sales tax increase on the ballot is heating up.
Tobacco license ordinance moves forward
City officials are moving forward with a plan to ensure any access minors might have to tobacco products behind the counter is cut off. On Monday night, City Council voted unanimously to proceed with the preparation of an ordinance that would, if formally adopted at a future meeting, require that tobacco retailers pay to obtain an annual license through the city.
Recipe for success
Green team executive chef Ashley Bonesio leaned in close to examine a pan of duck breasts and legs prepared by her team members. Her fellow chefs buzzed around her, one taking fresh baked tortilla chips out of an oven while another scooped an enticing spinach dip into a bowl for plating. Across the kitchen, red team executive chef Lucino Ortega brushed a pineapple glaze over pork, while his team members arranged coconut milk rice on a plate.
MH rancher tied to more unhealthy horses in Gilroy
The investigation continues into who is responsible for the death of one horse and the unhealthy conditions of dozens more at a rural ranch in unincorporated Morgan Hill. Meanwhile, last week the same horse rancher was linked to a second property in Gilroy, where another sickly horse was rushed to a Salinas equine hospital.
