Gilroy, CA|News|
Plan To Preserve Coyote Valley Approved By Santa Clara Co. Supes
County officials argued the new land use policy for the area will ensure that the county's farmers have access to affordable farmland.

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County officials argued the new land use policy for the area will ensure that the county's farmers have access to affordable farmland.

A civil grand jury accused Sheriff Laurie Smith of willful and corrupt misconduct for licensing concealed weapon licenses to donors.
The Board of Supervisors took a step toward creating a county-operated ISP aimed at expanding internet access to underserved residents.
The arrest comes a little more than six months after the public transit agency was involved in a mass shooting.
Mark Lorenzen has nearly 31 years of dedicated service with the Ventura County Fire Department where he spent the last decade as chief.
They were among six people charged in 2019 with more than a dozen felonies allegedly committed related to sex trafficking and other crimes.
The service would offer affordable, reliable high-speed broadband service to underserved areas primarily in East San Jose and South County.
Pfizer COVID-19 booster access was expanded to 16- and 17-year-olds on Thursday.
The center aims to give Vietnamese and Spanish speakers help navigating Valley Health Center services.
On Wednesday at 12:44 a.m., officers with the San Mateo Police Department responded to the 700 block of Monte Diablo Avenue.
People can turn in firearms with no questions asked and will receive $100 per handgun, shotgun or rifle and $200 per assault weapon.
Holmes, on her final day on the witness stand, testified that she "never" tried to mislead investors at Theranos.
The Yellow Map, considered a controversial option by conservatives, was advanced by a coalition of local civil rights and labor groups.
The board unanimously approved what was called the "Communities Together" proposal for the county's five districts.
The backpacks will be distributed at various program sites and also given out as street medicine teams make rounds in area encampments.
A $30,000 grant from Facebook will help the city develop and maintain three "pollinator" habitats at Shoreline Park.
The man was arrested on suspicion of a homicide in Gilroy in August 2020. A cause of death was not immediate released.
The collision was reported shortly before 9 a.m. in the area of the Sunnyvale station on West Evelyn Avenue.
SamTrans is creating passes that will be given to school districts to distribute to qualified students.
Joseph Houg was the director of the Los Gatos Youth Theater and also a fifth grade teacher at Blossom Hill Elementary School.