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January 16, 2026

Teaching, Flying, Building His Own Plane

For 30 years, during careers in engineering and computerized banking, through fatherhood and retirement and as a student and teacher at Gavilan Community College in Gilroy, Herb Spenner lived with a singular, droning dream.

Gavilan students take shot at hospital survey

After Saint Louise Regional Hospital released its results from a recent phone survey asking Gilroy voters if they would be in favor of a sales tax increase – an avenue the hospital is exploring in light of the exponentially growing need for a bigger emergency room – a group of Gavilan College statistics students took interest and conducted their own poll.

Local Lice Busters Pick and Kill Nits

Lice are Mother Nature’s quintessential survivors.

Educator, novelist, black belt appointed to Gavilan board

The Gavilan College School Board had some big shoes to fill following the recent death of late trustee Mike Davenport, whose March 2 passing left a vacancy on the college’s seven-person school board.

PHOTOS: Gilroy High School’s Class of 2021 celebrates in person

Gilroy High School celebrated its nearly 340 graduates with a socially distanced in-person ceremony on its football field June 3. The event included speeches by valedictorian Audrey Kaefer and salutatorian Nathanael Gorelik. Principal Greg Kapaku said the students have “witnessed trials and tragedy never...

Gilroy test scores: a closer look

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Parents, ex-board members revolt at Gilroy charter school

GILROY—On the heels of a co-founding teacher’s resignation, unhappy parents at Gilroy’s only charter school want its director fired and have asked the city’s public school board to look into alleged irregularities and failures at the four-year-old academic powerhouse.

Gav theater arts major to receive $20k scholarship

Isabel “Izzy” Quistian, a Gavilan College theater arts major and active member of the Associated Student Body, was awarded the Karl S. Pister Leadership Opportunity Program Scholarship.

Most Recent Transfer Rates Released

Majority of students head to San Jose State University after

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