As the annual tradition continues in San Jose on Thursday, a memorial for homeless residents will be celebrated in Gilroy for the first time, offering a space to mourn the dead and raise awareness for the living who are still unhoused.
On Dec. 5, the Gilroy Garlic Festival Association dished out $65,000 in donations to various organizations during a ceremony at Gilroy Presbyterian Church.
For the past three years, Toni-Jo Napihaa has made the tent beneath the swooping branches of a Bay Laurel tree her home at Uvas Creek Park in Gilroy. Thursday, Napihaa, 62, began folding up tarps and lugging tanks of propane out of the dusty dirt pathways as she prepared to leave the park encampment with […]