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Spring registration for Morgan Hill PONY baseball is now open. 

The Spirit of Morgan Hill softball team will host registration for the upcoming season from 9 a.m. to noon Jan. 10 and 17 at Betsey's in Morgan Hill. 

DUB will host an informational meeting about its Dynasty program at 6 p.m. Jan. 7 at Live Oak High School's Science Lecture Hall. 

Registration is now open for the 2015 winter season of the South Valley Flag Football League.

As the fog cleared Saturday morning, community members gathered at cemeteries in Gilroy and Morgan Hill to pay a tribute to—and to reflect on the loss of—every veteran buried in South County. More than 250 volunteers at ceremonies in both cities laid pine wreaths near the headstones of approximately 1,000 local veterans as part of Wreaths Across America after raising $16,000 to pay for materials.

GILROY—To a stranger, Stefani Miller and her three children look ready for Christmas. The family’s tree is decorated and their stockings all hung with care—even Peanut’s, the family dog. But the gingerbread houses and peppermint bark serve as a distraction from the ever-present reminder that this Christmas won’t be like years past.

Brian Boyd’s coaching tenure at Gilroy High came to an abrupt end following a meeting Dec. 10 with administrators where he says he was asked to resign, but the Mustangs aren’t letting him go without a fight.

The rain will not being going away anytime soon in South County, as a series of storms are forecast for the area through Friday, according to National Weather Service forecaster Logan Johnson.Following up last week’s stormy weather—which brought between 3 to 3.5 inches to the area—today’s heavy rains have dropped an inch already (as of 3 p.m.) and are expected to add another inch before lightening up a bit.“We’ll have scattered showers the rest of the evening and then we’ll get a little bit of a break,” Johnson said. “The break is not going to be all that long, so things won’t get a chance to dry out.”Temperatures will be in the mid to upper 50s and down to the mid 40s throughout the wet week, according to Johnson.“There are a series of storms lined up across the Pacific (Ocean) set to come this way,” said Johnson, noting they are moving at a fairly good pace as well.After a reprieve later tonight and early Tuesday, the next storm will touch down late afternoon Tuesday and last into the night. The rains will soften up Wednesday. Thursday “is the best shot at a dry day,” Johnson said. “Friday another (storm system) is coming our way.”The City of Morgan Hill and the Santa Clara Valley Water District continue to supply sandbag stations at three locations in the city limits: the City Corp Yard, 100 Edes Court; El Toro Fire Station, 18300 Old Monterey Road; and Depot Street near Fourth Street, in the parking lot adjacent to the railroad tracks in downtown Morgan Hill.

A Pacific storm that landed in northern California Thursday resulted in a local gain of 2.7 inches in rainfall in Gilroy, according to totals published by the University of California Cooperative Extension program.

 Victor de Groot takes his job of spreading Christmas cheer seriously. So seriously, in fact, the first words out of his mouth after returning from a trip to Holland Aug. 8 was ‘it’s time for Christmas lights,’ his mother Hanneka recalled.