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Following the lead of other educators, Gilroy school trustees declared the city’s more than 11,000-student public school system a “sanctuary” district.

One day, Dr. Polly Kokinos, a vascular surgeon at South Bay Vascular Center, with offices in Gilroy and Campbell, was stunned when a man from a Gilroy nursing home rolled up in his wheelchair.

Come hungry Saturday night for a spaghetti dinner at Sandy’s Cafe that will benefit flood victims Colin Crooker and the Katherman family. Dinner is $12 and includes pasta, salad and garlic bread. It goes from 5-8 p.m. at 6120 Monterey Road.

San Jose has the third highest rents in the state and Gilroy is in the middle of the pack, according to a study by ApartmentList.com. The median rent for a two bedroom apartment in San Jose is a jaw dropping $2,600 and $2,110 for one bedroom. In Gilroy a two bedroom goes for $1,830. Both have dropped slightly from last year.

 As part of an emergency project to repair a slope south of Mount Madonna Inn on Hwy. 152 near Watsonville, just south of the Santa Cruz/Santa Clara County line, temporary guardrail and signal installation will begin Tuesday, Jan. 31, Caltrans officials have announced.

The Gilroy Unified School Board voted unanimously to declare the schools a "sanctuary district" for immigrant families "to the fullest extent allowed by law." Upward of $14 million in federal funding, including for Special Ed kids, is potentially in jeopardy if federal law is violated.

This past Saturday I had the privilege to march alongside 25,000 women and men in San Jose. Since then, people have asked—why did I go, what did I expect, what actually happened, and was it worthwhile?

Caltrans says Highway 129, which has been closed since Jan. 22, should open by the end of the week.