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The names we give our man-made structures often come from the surrounding landscape. But we have so urbanized our environment that those names have often lost their meaning. I confess that when someone says 'Stevens Creek,' I think of a boulevard and not a creek. It makes perfect sense, but I remain a bit skeptical that there is such a thing as a creek with that name. I decided to investigate.

The Gilroy Unified School District is looking to sell, exchange or lease two vacant properties in order to build a new elementary school in the next five years in a different – and better – location.

“I heard a pop,” Gianna Brown said as she hobbled off the field during Christopher’s Nov. 14 Central Coast Section field hockey playoff game at Monta Vista.

The City of Bell, once marred by scandal following the 2010 indictment of a significant portion of city officials for corruption, released the names of its retired public safety employees who have claimed a work-related disability. Bell sent a list of the names within 10 business days in response to a Dispatch request filed under the California Public Records Act.

An 8,500-gallon gasoline tanker spilled thousands of gallons of fuel after colliding with a speeding motorist along Highway 101 south of Tennant Avenue early Thursday morning.

Runs in the eighth and ninth innings weren't enough to lift Gavilan past Ohlone in the Coast Conference opener. 

GILROY — Gilroy coach Armando Padilla gave his team just one job heading into overtime: Make a statement.

BIRTH: Avett James Rollins: Avett James Rollins was born Nov. 21, 2013 at Good Samaritan Hospital in San Jose to Jennifer Stanco Rollins and Jim Rollins. He weighed 6 pounds, 13 ounces.

The Gilroy Police Department responded to a variety of crimes this week, including attempted murder, burglary, abandonment of a child, possession of tear gas and unlawful sexual intercourse. The arrests were recorded in the GPD blotter Feb. 18 through 25.