🌱 Patch AM: How is Gilroy involved in the fight over license plate cameras?

Hello Gilroy! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• How is Gilroy involved in the fight over license plate cameras?
• How a stalled ICE center in Gilroy helped trigger San Jose's freeze

Also on today's calendar: Murder. Mystery. Mayhem. and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: Why did the girl pig break up with the boy pig? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: Partly sunny and very warm, with a high of 91 and low of 58 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Saturday: Mostly sunny and very hot, temps: high: 102, low: 59.
• Sunday: Sunshine and very hot, with a high of 100 and low of 60 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• The Flock Backlash and Growing Revolt Against License Plate Surveillance (northdallasgazette.com) — Gilroy is part of a growing Santa Clara County coalition pushing back against automated license plate reader surveillance, alongside cities like San Jose and Palo Alto. Local organizers are using records requests, audits, rallies, and education to question how police and federal agencies might access residents' location data, especially for immigrants, and to pressure councils over Flock camera contracts.
   

• As ICE fears rise, San Jose expands detention facility freeze to public land (eastbaytimes.com) — San Jose has temporarily halted new detention facilities, including on public land, partly in response to a recently stalled ICE center project in nearby Gilroy. The 45-day moratorium gives city planners time to study health, safety, and infrastructure impacts while local and federal leaders clash over how much control cities have over immigration-related facilities in Santa Clara County.
   

📸 Around Gilroy

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Gilroy

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday October 3
• Murder. Mystery. Mayhem. →
  1980 Morgan Ave, Morgan Hill
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Sunday October 4
• Gilroy Farmer's Market →
  Gilroy CA
• Dried Pumpkin Floral Workshop →
  EXPRESSIONS FLORAL, 8880 Muraoka Dr, Gilroy
  2:00 pm
Wednesday October 7
• Information Night (GECA Admissions)
  Dr. TJ Owens Gilroy Early College Academy Gilroy, CA 95020
  6:30 pm
Saturday October 10
• Angel y Kris en La Casita →
  Capos Event Center, 7588 Monterey Road, Gilroy
• Apiary Meeting →
  GBA Apiary, 4945 Frazier Lake Road, Gilroy
  10:00 am
• No feelings attached Tour (Gilroy) →
  The District Theater, 7430 Monterey Road, Gilroy
  7:00 pm
• Next Stop Comedy at Settle Down Brewery & Taproom! - Gilroy, CA →
  Settle Down Brewery & Taproom, 7515 Monterey Road, Gilroy
  8:00 pm
Sunday October 11
• AAi Meal Service →
  Las Animas Park - Veterans Park, Mantelli Drive, Gilroy
  3:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday October 2
• Tiny Tot Jamboree
  Morgan Hill Library, 660 West Main Avenue, Morgan Hill
  10:30 am
• Itty Bitty Jamboree
  Morgan Hill Library, 660 West Main Avenue, Morgan Hill
  12:00 pm
• Snack Break-Free Snacks for Kids!/¡Meriendas Gratis Para Niños!
  Morgan Hill Library, 660 West Main Avenue, Morgan Hill
  3:00 pm
• Kids Keva Club for ages 5 and up
  Morgan Hill Library, 660 West Main Avenue, Morgan Hill
  3:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Burlington Stores posted a job opening for Seasonal Retail Stocking Associate - Part Time in Gilroy. Apply here.
• O'Reilly Automotive posted a job opening for Parts Specialist - Union GBA in Gilroy. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Gilroy here.

🗞 Nearby News

Morgan Hill

• Morgan Hill to add 20-minute parking spaces downtown (morganhilltimes.com)
• From the Publisher: Public art gives Morgan Hill a little more personality (morganhilltimes.com)
• Morgan Hill, California, Measure A, Appoint City Treasurer Measure (November 2026) (ballotpedia.org)

Pajaro

• Watsonville / Pajaro Neighborhood Newsletter for Thursday, Oct. 1 (lookout.co)

Ok Gilroy! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why did the girl pig break up with the boy pig?" — Because he was such a boar! (Thank you Theresa H. for sending it in!)
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