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Gilroy Police handed out 33 citations for illegal fireworks during the night of July 4. According to police, three of those were criminal citations. In Gilroy, illegal firework use may lead to fines and imprisonment with administrative citations starting at $1,000. Any subsequent violations start at...

Gilroy Elks Lodge honored at national convention ​​Exalted Ruler Angela Moore attended the 158th National Grand Lodge Convention of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (BPOE) that was held July 1-4 in Minneapolis, Minn. as a representative from Gilroy Lodge #1567.  Competing with a select...

A 21-year-old Salinas man died late Saturday night in a solo-car crash on Highway 101 south of Gilroy, the California Highway Patrol said Wednesday.  At about 11:30pm July 8, the man was headed north on Highway 101 just north of Highway 25 in a 2004...

Police arrested a man they say confessed Tuesday to setting 15 fires in southern Santa Clara County. The news comes only days after police arrested another man suspected of intentionally setting a fire in Gilroy during the previous week. Daniel Catano, 32, was arrested on suspicion...

Gilroy Police arrested a man July 7 for reportedly setting fire to a business on First Street, but say they are still searching for another suspect who ignited multiple dumpsters throughout the city. Chase Harlow, 26, of Gilroy, was arrested at about 4pm after investigators...

UPDATE: Gilroy man arrested for arson, robbery ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Gilroy Police are looking for two suspects who may have set a series of fires throughout the city over the past week. The fires have occurred in various locations across the city, resulting in property damage, including on...

Ray Diaz has been restoring Volkswagen vehicles since he was in junior high school, helping countless others get their prized possessions back on the road. Somewhere along the way, though, the time he had to devote to such projects dwindled as work and family commitments...

When he was 9 years old, Rubén Darío Villa experienced a rite of passage: his mother, handing him some cash, tasked him with going to the grocery store to buy some tortillas. Villa, however, thinking he was “slick,” decided to seize the opportunity to get...

State budget includes $350K for Gilroy crosswalk construction The City of Gilroy will receive $350,000 from the recently adopted state budget that will fund a new crosswalk in front of the Monterey Gateway Senior Apartments at 6500 Monterey Road. The project, which is outlined in the...

The Santa Clara County Library District and the County of Santa Clara’s Behavioral Health Services Department (BHSD) are joining forces to spread the word about the opioid crisis. Workshops scheduled from July 8 through Sept. 9 will cover drug education, including recognizing an opioid overdose,...