FBI investigates festival shooting as terrorism
The Federal Bureau of Investigation launched a domestic terrorism investigation into the Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting, officials announced Tuesday.
Gunman in Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting took his own life, coroner rules
The gunman in the mass shooting at the Gilroy Garlic Festival took his own life during a shootout with police, the Santa Clara County coroner revealed late Friday afternoon, Aug. 2.
Dr. Michelle A. Jorden, responding to requests from the Gilroy Dispatch and other local...
Police name ‘hero’ officers
Eric Cryar, Hugo Del Moral and Robert Basuino are the Gilroy police officers hailed as heroes for shooting and killing the gunman who murdered three people and injured more than a dozen others at the Gilroy Garlic Festival July 28.
Gilroy shooting victims fund eclipses $200K
A charitable fund intended to support the victims of the Gilroy
Garlic Festival shooting on July 28 has received more than $200,000 in
just under five days.
The Silicon Valley Community Foundation, working with the Gilroy
Foundation, set up the fund the morning after the tragedy, contributing
an initial...
South County finds ways to cope
As the 41st annual Garlic Festival was in full swing, Christopher Ranch’s executive vice president, Ken Christopher told the Morgan Hill Times that this year could potentially change the festival forever.
With bigger-name celebrities than ever before, Christopher’s most pressing concern on the festival’s second...
Summer splash
With temperatures having reached the triple digits this past weekend, plenty of local children took the opportunity to cool off at the City of Morgan Hill’s Downtown Splash feature.
The splash pad, located outside the Community and Cultural Center, is a 30-foot ring of fountains...
Police blotter: Theft, burglary, fraud
Police arrested a man who had multiple warrants after responding to a report of a domestic dispute.
Four dead in Garlic Fest shooting
A gunman shot more than 15 people and killed three victims before police shot and killed the suspect at the Gilroy Garlic Festival July 28, according to Gilroy Police Chief Scot Smithee. As of a press conference shortly after 10pm Sunday night, police were...
Morgan Hill homeless census plummets
The numbers of Morgan Hill residents without homes has dropped significantly, while Santa Clara County’s homeless population increased over the past two years, according to a county report released July 18.
The 2019 “Homeless Census and Survey” conducted county-wide in January and February showed a...
County fair adds murals, stage
The Santa Clara County Fair begins a four-day 75th birthday celebration Aug. 1 at the San Jose fairgrounds, 344 Tully Road, highlighted by a new stage, new murals and fireworks every night.
Opening day admission will be just 75 cents, 1-5pm, in honor of the...