Gilroy News

Alleged child molester in court Thursday Alejandro Cortez, 21 of Gilroy, is scheduled to enter a plea to charges that he sexually assaulted a 12-year-old girl Thursday in Santa Clara County Superior Court.

Tim Duffy, 26, has been playing the drums since he was 8 years old. He was crowned the local winner of Guitar Center's Drum-Off '09, the nationwide search for the "Best Undiscovered Drummer in the Nation." Tim Duffy points to the crowd during his drum solo at the Drum Off District Finals at Guitar Center in San Jose Thursday night.

Gilroy, Calif.- Budget problems lead to a brownout for a local fire department. Starting this month, Gilroy's Sunrise fire station will be shut down three weeks a month to offset losses because of the city's budget crisis.

Gilroy High School teacher Ethan Stocks performs "It Takes a Village" with Choir Director Phil Robb and others during the combined Gilroy High and Christopher High choir fall concert at St.

Apparently, Gilroy firefighters are about to "take the gloves off" and fight a political battle with the City Council.

During questioning, the 14-year-old who told police she had been kidnapped from Gavilan College said she lied about her allegations, police said.

Nov. 8 will mark the first anniversary of the passage of Measure P, a $150 million general obligation bond to improve Gilroy Unified School District facilities.

For a kid growing up, marijuana is actually pretty difficult to avoid. I was offered my first joint in the fifth grade.

Gilroy Dispatch A 14-year-old girl went missing from an advanced high school on Gavilan College's campus this morning, only to surface at noon when she called police to tell them she had been abducted.

The decomposed body Caltrans workers found Thursday is likely a Gilroy man who lived only 100 yards away from the spot where he crashed his motorcycle four months ago, friends and relatives said.

Gilroy Gardens has specially decorated its theme park in a Middle Earth theme, with numerous scarecrows modeled after orcs, hobbits, dwarves, and other favorites from J.R.R. Tolkein's magical series, "Lord of the Rings". Details: www.gilroygardens.org. More tracks, more service The South County Caltrain Improvement Project funded by the Santa Clara ...

Gilroy's Gavilan College Career/Transfer Center is hosting Transfer Day 2009 from 10 a.m. to p.m. Nov.

Samara was out walking in a remote wooded area of Gilroy one crisp autumn day with her husband and her dog, Blue.

A car with gang members shot at and hit a 17-year-old rival gang member in south Gilroy Tuesday night, police said.

Firefighters say a blaze in the mountains northwest of Gilroy was contained Tuesday evening.

A Gilroy woman captured in Monterey County's largest undercover sting operation pleaded guilty to conspiracy and faces up to three years in prison.

"I read your recent Red Phone about loud music. If they make the noise, you can call the police from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. Other than that, can they play the music as loud as they want? Am I wrong about that? I think you can call the cops whenever it bothers you.

Mandatory evacuations have been ordered northwest of Gilroy because of a wildfire that started early this morning, which has already burned several hundred acres.

A fire that broke out early this morning threatens 250 structures and is spreading without containment in the mountains northwest of Gilroy, according to Cal Fire.

Do you support California high speed rail and the concept of a train stop in downtown Gilroy? Yes: 10 No: 1 Although costly, and I have no idea where the money will come from, I think it's great, especially since we already have a transportation hub at the old train station.