Time to change the water district’s familiar song-and-rate-hike dance
The rate-hike dance which the Santa Clara Valley Water District
A plain view of Bonfante Gardens’ finances
It's about time. The financial records from Bonfante Gardens
Guest Opinion: Gilroy needs more compassion
In the 2017 Point in Time homeless census count conducted on Jan. 24 and 25, 5,448 homeless individuals—including veterans, families with children, former foster youth, domestic violence victims, seniors, people with disabilities, and the working poor were identified living in encampments, cars, RVs, abandoned...
Restoring neighborhood hope a must to maintain public support
There's hardly a lack of compassion in Gilroy for the homeless.
Newsprint duties could hurt small newspapers
The printing press remains the symbol—despite the arrival of online news—of the Fourth Estate, of “Freedom of the Press.” That’s why for centuries one of the first acts of authoritarian rulers was to smash the printing presses of the opposition.
In 21st Century democracies, the...
Water district owes $4.6 million and plenty to Gilroy and MH, too
The Santa Clara Valley Water District has been caught with its
Our view: Chamber opposes sales tax measure and so do we
The Gilroy Chamber of Commerce's Board of Directors recently voted to oppose the half-cent general-purpose sales tax measure in a 9-1 vote—a gutsy and important move.











