Wanted man causes police standoff, school lockdown on Eighth Street
There were a few loud bangs, and then Richard Manuel Castaneda, 27, walked out of a house at 750 W. Eighth St. with his hands behind his head.
Gavilan alum takes flight in aerospace engineering
When Esthefani Montelon enrolled in Gavilan College’s Airframe and Powerplant (A&P) program in fall 2019, she had no idea she was embarking on a journey that would lead to aerospace engineering internships at NASA and Pratt & Whitney.
“I wanted to do something with my...
School board roundup
The Gilroy Unified School District Board of Education discussed a variety of topics during its March 6 regular meeting including whether to increase the budget of the Christopher High School track and field project when additional costs were discovered after construction began.
Gateway School will rise from the arson ashes
Dozens of special needs students displaced more than two years
In allowing transfers, trustees could make CHS largest school
If the school district accepts all the students who applied to


















