Tag: cancer
Former educator sentenced for cancer fundraising fraud
Former Gilroy educator Amanda Christine Riley was sentenced in federal court in San Jose May 3 to 60 months in prison after pleading guilty...
Mom fights back against pediatric cancer
The fight against pediatric cancer is an uphill and unfair fight. Libby Kranz, Chairperson of the Board at Unravel Pediatric Cancer in Gilroy, was...
National Cancer Control Month
April is National Cancer Control Month. It is dedicated to the men, women and children who have lost their lives to cancer, recognize. It is to support those Americans who are engaged in daily clinical and long-term research medicine for new and novel ways to battle cancer, and recommit the nation to progress further in the effective control of cancer.
Teraji: Running down a disease
“Every mile I conquer will be more meaningful because I’m doing this for something greater – for a cause I truly believe in. Most of us have been touched by cancer in some way,” Gilroy’s marathon man Manual Haro says. “This is my way of fighting back against a disease that has taken too much.”
‘Big John’ Garcia succumbs to cancer at 64
Until his final day, Coach "Big John" Garcia fought with arrant bravery against the melanoma that plagued his body for 26 years.
