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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.

Gilroy earned a C grade in the annual “State of Tobacco Control” report from the American Lung Association in California, which looks at jurisdiction’s efforts to reduce tobacco-caused death and disease.

To the dismay of the women involved, the California Highway Patrol’s regional chief has exonerated its Gilroy commander of two allegations of improper behavior but could reach no conclusion on a third involving a pro-life prayer vigil that strayed onto state property last fall.