In Gilroy, first-term Mayor Marie Blankley fell farther behind Greg Bozzo Wednesday as ballot-counting headed to the final days.

Local leaders say the county should allow more struggling companies to open indoors as smoke- and ash-filled air has driven away customers.

The Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting, which took three innocent lives, underscores the intractability of gun violence in America.

Four people were killed and at least a dozen wounded in a mass shooting at the Gilroy Garlic Festival Sunday evening.