Sheriff’s log: Grand, petty, identity and mail theft
Drugs: Robert Flores, 40, 11:02 p.m. July 13 on Monterey Road at Leavesley Road in Gilroy, for possession of drug paraphernalia and resist, obstruct, delay arrest. The suspect was riding his bicycle in the wrong direction without any reflectors and then fought with deputies while in process of being detained.
Heat illness workshop for Chinese farmers
The Bay Area Chrysanthemum Growers Association, in conjunction with the University of California Cooperative Extension Small Farm Program and the Santa Clara County Farm Bureau, will hold a Heat Illness Prevention workshop for Chinese growers Friday in Morgan Hill, according to Farm Bureau Executive Director Jennifer Scheer.
G-fest goes intercollegiate with College Bowl
Hall of Fame college football announcer Joe Starkey called “The Play” at the infamous 1982 Big Game between Cal-Berkeley and Stanford.
URM liens: The City’s ‘last resort’
The high stakes power play to find an end game for Gilroy's unreinforced masonry building issue – a 30-year saga concerning the plight of downtown’s 18 buildings deemed structurally unfit to survive a major earthquake – took a giant step in the City's favor Monday night in Council chambers.
Gilroy is still Garlic Capital around here
Its odor hangs heavy in the air – especially on hot days – and its bulbous visage is incorporated into all manner of logos seen around the city. Next week’s festival celebrates it and local young women fight for the honor of being crowned its queen.
Guava fruit flies should not affect South County growers, ag commissioner says
An immediate emergency eradication program initiated Wednesday, after three male guava fruit flies were found in traps in San Jose's Mayfair neighborhood two weeks ago.
