Citizen tip leads police to items stolen from softball group
Police have recovered items stolen this week from the Hollister Heat softball organization, according to a statement from the Hollister Police Department.
Business Buzz: Off the Chain Bikes moving to new location
Off the Chain Bikes will be moving to a new location in town at the end of the month. The local bicycle shop will be relocated to McCray Street in the Save Mart shopping center. The new address is 101 McCray St., Ste. 101 and is located in the north end of the shopping center near Focus on Health and San Benito Dance Academy.
Partnership to create Highway 152 toll road disbands
The multi-county partnership that was studying the possibility of making Highway 152 a toll road has broken up.
Star speaker lined up for Poppy Jasper Film Festival
Morgan Hill’s Poppy Jasper Short Film Festival this week announced that noted Hollywood film composer Harry Manfredini will be its star speaker in October.
Update: Police release name of 21-year-old murder victim
Gilroy Police released the name late Monday afternoon of the 21-year-old man who was shot and killed at Sobrato Apartments on Monterey Street July 22. His name is Martin Rojas.
PHOTOS: A local in London
Former Gilroy resident and current Olympian Shelley Olds, far left, shared this photo, and others, from London, taken this week, of her and her teammates, Kristin Armstrong, Evelyn Stevens and Amber Neben, who will represent the United States on the cycling road team that races Sunday for gold. Olds is wearing a special edition uniform that will only be worn at the Summer Games.
Feed me, feed me
Three nestling Bullock’s Orioles open their bright pink mouths and demand to be fed, in this case by volunteers who feed them a special passerine diet every hour from sunrise to sunset. They were orphaned mid-July after a windstorm broke the tree branch holding their nest and were brought to the Wildlife Education and Rehabilitation Center still snuggled inside their hanging nest made from fibers, grasses, and bits of soft feathers. Sporting gorgeous amber-yellow breast feathers, they are growing up fast and have just begun eating juicy mealworms. When they’re released back to their summer habitat in Gilroy sometime next month, they will dine on wild bugs such as caterpillars and spiders, as well as fruit. They will also drink from hummingbird nectar feeders in backyards, as well as enjoying halved oranges and suet put out for them.
Infestation of evasive oriental fruit fly hits Morgan Hill
An infestation of oriental fruit flies has struck Morgan Hill, with official word coming from the Santa Clara County Department of Agriculture Thursday afternoon.
