Gilroy steps into high expectations
After going undefeated and winning its first-ever Central Coast Section championship, what can Gilroy High possibly do for an encore? What we do know is that the Mustangs have a new head coach, Jake Newman, a promotion into a tougher division, the Pacific Coast...
Cannabis stays illegal, granny units stay small
In an effort to take local control before new state laws go into effect in January, the Gilroy City Council passed two “emergency” ordinances last week, one to stop commercial cannabis sales and the other to limit the size of “grandmother” units to 600...
Places to visit in the City of Angels
Cathedrals (literally, churches which contain bishops' thrones)
Proposed ‘Bullet Train’ Could Follow the Butterfield Stage Line
In the late 1850s, John Warren Butterfield built a mass transit
‘Around The World In 80 Days’ – in two hours
When the Rep's Artistic Director Micheal Butler took on this
Hot treasured cloves
Don Christopher, the founder of the country’s biggest garlic producer, Christopher Ranch, started 60 years ago in Gilroy with 12 acres of the spicy bulb, sandwiched between his main crops, lima beans and sugar beets. The man who was then known as the king of garlic, Joe Gubser, asked Christopher to plant some bulbs for him. He sold the garlic to Gubser for 9 cents a pound.
