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Santino  William Legan, the 19-year-old Garlic Festival killer, was one of four brothers in a well-known Gilroy family who grew up in a neighborhood near Christmas Hill Park, scene of the July 28 mass shooting that left three dead and 13 injured. He graduated...

With the tragic Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting still fresh in South County residents’ minds, local police and event promoters are looking into enhancing their efforts to ensure crowd safety at public gatherings—events that many consider a summertime staple of Morgan Hill and surrounding communities.

Ken Christopher joined friends and family at home the afternoon of July 28, celebrating the 4,000 volunteers who poured in countless hours to make Gilroy’s annual celebration of cloves and community a success. The 41st annual Gilroy Garlic Festival was well on its way to...

A charitable fund intended to support the victims of the Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting on July 28 received $630,000 in pledges and gifts in the first 10 days. The Silicon Valley Community Foundation, working with the Gilroy Foundation, set up the fund the morning after...

About 450 people visited Andy’s Orchard in Morgan Hill for a special tour and stone fruit tasting Aug. 3. It was the fourth of five such events hosted by owner Andy Mariani and his knowledgeable staff this year. “It’s a day trip out to the farm,”...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation launched a domestic terrorism investigation into the Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting, officials announced Tuesday.

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...

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.

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...

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...