New home for Hobby Lobby
Hobby Lobby, a 77,000-square-foot retail paradise for crafters, artists, scrapbookers, decorators, photographers and lots of other types of hobbyists, will open its new location in Morgan Hill in August.
Vehicle testing center proposed near Gilroy
Proponents of a major development just outside Gilroy that would add an autonomous vehicle testing center, park and other facilities are hoping San Benito County voters will give the project its first step toward reality in November.
The Strada Verde Innovation Park Voter Initiative was...
Street gang member accused of list of offenses
Police arrested a Norteno street gang member after they
Gilroy homeless census steady
The numbers of Gilroy residents without homes has changed little, while Santa Clara County’s homeless population increased over the past two years, according to a county report released July 18.
The 2019 “Homeless Census and Survey” conducted country-wide in January and February showed a 2...
Council introduced to Hecker Pass proposals
The Gilroy City Council was introduced to two companies March 15 that are vying to develop Gilroy Gardens and the surrounding Hecker Pass property into a tourist destination.
The City of Gilroy received two proposals—one from Las Vegas-based Imagine That! and the other from Select...
Human rights commission opposes Sargent Mine
The Santa Clara County Human Rights Commission last week voted to help the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band protect its sacred ancestral lands—known as Juristac—from being developed into a sand and gravel quarry.
The 15-seat commission at the Nov. 4 meeting unanimously voted to send the...
City seeks support for sales tax
Top city officials in Gilroy have begun a campaign to build public support for a sales tax increase in 2020.
Mayor Roland Velasco, Police Chief Scot Smithee, Interim Fire Chief Jeff Clet and City Administrator Gabriel Gonzalez all signed an open letter posted online Sept....
El sitio de prueba Covid-19 continúa en Gilroy
El sitio emergente de pruebas Covid-19 del Condado de Santa Clara en Gilroy se ha extendido por segunda vez y estará abierto del 23 al 24 de Julio.
El sitio, ubicado en el South County Annex (anteriormente Antonio Del Buono Elementary), 9300 Wren Ave., abrió...
Gilroy High boys soccer a work in progress, but optimistic it will coalesce
Longtime Gilroy High boys soccer coach Armando Padilla acknowledges the team will be a work in progress, especially when it comes to scoring goals.
The Mustangs (1-4-2) were shut out in four of their first seven matches and scored just five times in that stretch,...
More than 7,000 receive flu shots
Nearly 10 times the number of people have received flu vaccinations compared to last year, Santa Clara County health officials announced.
The county will continue providing free, no-appointment flu shots to the public at the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds in San Jose every Saturday through...
