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October 17, 2024

Santa Clara County makes reopening progress

Santa Clara County’s gradual decrease in Covid-19 cases has allowed it to move forward in the state’s reopening criteria, officials announced Oct. 13. The state reclassified the county into the Orange Tier, also known as Tier 3, as it met a number of testing and...

Police investigate Gilroy explosion that injured man

The Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office Bomb Squad is investigating a reported explosion on Mantelli Drive that sent a man to a trauma center Oct. 12. According to Gilroy Police, at about 2:20pm, the Gilroy Fire Department responded to the 1700 block of Mantelli Drive...

Police search for Gilroy man in relation to Milpitas homicide

Police are searching for Gilroy resident Kevin James Gitmed in relation to an Oct. 10 homicide that occurred in Milpitas, according to authorities.

Registrar installs ballot drop boxes in South County

Election Day is Nov. 3, but voters in Santa Clara County have already started casting and submitting their ballots, partly thanks to the installation of dozens of 24-hour drop boxes placed by election officials throughout the county.

Highway 25 expansion project officially underway

The expansion project for Highway 25 has been an ongoing quandary in San Benito County that has spanned for more than two decades, leading to nothing but a road of dead ends. But that’s about to change after the Council of San Benito County Governments...

Covid-19 testing available in Morgan Hill on Oct. 13

A Covid-19 testing site will be set up in the Morgan Hill Council Chamber Building, 17555 Peak Ave., on Oct. 13 from 9:30am-4pm. Appointments can be made until all slots are reserved at scl.fulgentgenetics.com/appointment. The Santa Clara County test sites provide Covid-19 tests free of charge, regardless...

Low interest rates drive continued growth in housing market

The booming real estate market during the pandemic is creating an issue as the fall season gets underway: low inventory. Lawrence Yun, chief economist for the National Association of Realtors, said scarce inventory has been problematic for the past few years, but has worsened in...

Gilroy Ostrich Farm, local businesses get into the Halloween spirit

If the socially distant trick-or-treat bags that are popping up in stores are any indication, Halloween is going to be different this year. While the ongoing health emergency has hindered many of the traditional activities, families who want to celebrate the spooky season in 2020...

Plasma shortage intensified by Covid-19

As the SCU Lightning Complex Fire raged and the evacuation warnings approached her Morgan Hill home, Deborah Vick and her family didn’t gather the usual items such as credit cards and other important documents.

Weeklys family of newspapers purchases Press-Banner

Santa Cruz’s Good Times weekly has purchased the Press-Banner from Tank Town Media just as the Santa Cruz Mountains newspaper prepares to celebrate its 60th year of publishing.

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