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December 22, 2024

Memorial to mark one year since festival shooting

The 2020 Gilroy Garlic Festival was supposed to be an opportunity for the community to reflect on the tragic end of the 2019 festival, while being reminded of the light-hearted fun of the event’s four-decade history. But the Covid-19 public health emergency forced festival organizers...

Transient arrested on suspicion of rape in Gilroy

Police arrested a 32-year-old man after he allegedly kidnapped, beat and raped a woman under a bridge in Gilroy Tuesday night.

Teams, coaches hopeful for fall

As if high school football coaches weren’t busy enough, another layer was added to their duties when the coronavirus pandemic hit.

Firefighters make headway on Crews Fire

Firefighters made significant progress on the Crews Fire that is burning north of Gilroy, CalFire officials reported July 8. The Crews Fire in Gilroy had burned about 5,400 acres of vegetation—as well as one home—and was 60 percent contained as of July 8, according to...

Local Scout completes Eagle project with flag collection boxes

Braydon Burkhardt, a Scout in Troop 730 in Morgan Hill, recently completed his Eagle Scout service project by building and placing two U.S. Flag retirement collection boxes in Morgan Hill.  The boxes are located at the Morgan Hill Masonic Center, 380 West Dunne Ave., and...

Within minutes: Crews Fire destroys home as blaze rips through 5,400 acres

Roberto Talamantes was hanging out Sunday afternoon inside his home on Crews Road when all of a sudden his sister came bursting in, yelling that there was a fire just down the way. The 17-year-old Gilroy resident ran across the street to go check on...

State reverses course, approves county reopening plan

County officials also announced July 7 that the state has approved Santa Clara County Public Health Officer Dr. Sara Cody’s updated health order that implements “across-the-board risk reduction measures” to combat the spread of Covid-19.

2020 Ren Faire canceled

The Northern California Renaissance Faire will not take place this summer due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the event’s general manager said in a July 1 press release.

County Still Hopeful It Can Reopen Despite Grim News

The Fourth of July weekend didn’t give Santa Clara County public health officials much to celebrate.

20 acres burn on Fisher Avenue

A fire on Fisher Avenue in southeast Morgan Hill burned about 20 acres of vegetation and debris Sunday afternoon, according to CalFire authorities.

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