January 31, 2020 Garlic Fest Shooting Survivors File Claims Against City of Gilroy By Barry Holtzclaw The claims had to be filed this week, which marked the six-month anniversary of the deadly attack by a lone shooter at Christmas Hill Park. Read More 18
January 30, 2020 Sup. Cindy Chavez Highlights County’s Stark Inequities, Unique Strengths in Annual Speech By Jennifer Wadsworth The newly inducted board president then enumerated some of the ways she plans to tackle the county’s most intractable problems. Read More 7
January 13, 2020 San Jose City Council to Hear Report on Hate Crimes By Grace Hase The City Council meets at 1:30pm Tuesday inside the council chambers at City Hall, 200 E. Santa Clara St. Read More 2
December 31, 2019 2019: A Year in Review By Silicon Valley Newsroom A guide to all the stories you missed, forgot or wanted to forget in the Year of Our Lord MMXIX. Read More 0
December 9, 2019 Lawsuit: Garlic Fest Should Have Used DHS Safety Guidelines By Michael Moore The Garlic Festival Association in a statement declined to say whether it implemented the DHS guide cited in the Nov. 12 lawsuit. Read More 3
November 14, 2019 South Bay Law Enforcement to Host Gun Buyback in Gilroy By Michael Moore The buyback comes less than three months after the July 28 mass shooting at the Gilroy Garlic Festival left three victims dead. Read More 6
November 13, 2019 Survivors of Gilroy Garlic Fest Shooting Sue Event Organizers By Barry Holtzclaw The lawsuit claims that the festival association, a Gilroy-based non-profit, could have done numerous things to make the event safer. Read More 10
October 28, 2019 Housing Dominates the Conversation at SV Leadership Group’s Annual Luncheon By Grace Hase Hundreds packed into the Santa Clara Convention Center to hear from politicos and business leaders Friday. Read More 9
September 3, 2019 Q&A: Ro Khanna on Yemen, Foreign Policy and Ending Violence at Home and Abroad By Nicholas Chan The congressman reflected on his push to end violence overseas and extremism in the US, and what inspired him to pursue a career in politics. Read More 4
August 21, 2019 Local Lawmakers Propose Hate Crime Prevention Task Force By Grace Hase A recent spate of ideologically motivated massacres have prompted local lawmakers to think of ways to keep hate crimes in check. Read More 22
August 13, 2019 Board of Supes Considers Tightening Up Gun Storage Rules By Silicon Valley Newsroom On the heels of the San Jose mayor’s call for liability insurance from gun owners, the county introduced its own set of firearm-safety measures. Read More 10
August 12, 2019 San Jose Mayor Unveils First-of-Its-Kind Policy Proposal to Combat Gun Violence By Grace Hase Weeks after a gunman killed three people in Gilroy, Sam Liccardo has introduced a sweeping initiative to prevent future massacres. Read More 23
August 12, 2019 Lady Gaga Gives to Schools in Gilroy, El Paso, Dayton By Barry Holtzclaw For hundreds of students in the Gilroy Unified, the new school opens on a bittersweet note after the Garlic Festival shooting. Read More 3
August 8, 2019 Gilroy Shooting Victims Share Harrowing Stories of Survival By Jacob Pierce and Jaqueline McCool Attendees caught in the gunfire at the Gilroy Garlic Festival on that tragic day last month now face a long road to recovery. Read More 2
August 6, 2019 FBI Launches Terrorism Probe Into Garlic Festival Shooting By Erik Chalhoub Authorities say it appeared that the killer, a 19-year-old Gilroy native, was “interested in several violent ideologies.” Read More 38
August 2, 2019 Coroner: Gilroy Garlic Festival Shooter Took His Own Life By Silicon Valley Newsroom The Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner ruled the Gilroy gunman’s death a suicide, which contradicts police reports. Read More 29