Gavilan Football: Pickens, Taylor moving onto four-year schools
GILROY —The goal of the Gavilan football program isn’t to win games—though it likes it when that happens, too. Head coach Spencer Gilford said the goal is to help his young student-athletes to the next level and achieve their goals of playing at a four-year institution. On Friday, two more players were able to do that.
Protest at Silva’s Crossing spurs city action
A small protest by environmentalists at Silva's Crossing in Christmas Hill Park earlier this month helped spur city officials into action after the group shined a spotlight on piles of tree trimmings left on trails near Uvas Creek by Gilroy city officials.
UPDATED: No threat to Gavilan College, officials say
The Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office has completed its investigation into a vague threat of violence and has determined that there is no threat to the campus, according to an message from Gavilan administrators posted Thursday afternoon. The online comment, left on a Facebook page Wednesday night, was taken out of context, the message reads.
Quelling Cinco de Mayo protests a ‘larger battle’
Four Live Oak High School students urged the mostly Hispanic contingent of adults in attendance for an April 21 Cinco de Mayo community safety meeting to not show up in front of their school May 5 like two other groups have planned.
Downtown biz: Don’t ban signs
At least a dozen individual downtown business owners—some entrenched in the Garlic Capital since the 1960s and others who set up shop less than a year ago—are stunned the city banned a wide variety of signage they say helps bring people through the front door.
Former Dispatch editor honored with proclamation
Gilroy council chambers were packed Monday night, more than they have been in nearly five years, as former Gilroy Dispatch executive editor Mark Derry was recognized by the city he continues to call home.
