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SAN JOSE—The life of a 15-year-old Gilroy boy was cut short after he and two other young people were killed in what police believe was a street race in San Jose on Oct. 13.

MORGAN HILL—Fry’s Electronics has ended its title sponsorship with the PGA Tour, thus ending speculation of the Frys.com Open returning to Morgan Hill.

MORGAN HILL—People poured into downtown Morgan Hill last weekend for the Brew Crawl and stuck around for a party to celebrate the 2016 US Women’s Open coming to CordeValle next summer.

GILROY—Delicate repairs to one of Gilroy’s most iconic landmarks are on hold awaiting city approvals that might come too late to save the Old Presbyterian Church from even worse weather damage.

GILROY—California Highway Patrol officers will offer free car seat inspections at Gilroy Gardens Oct. 24 as part of the “Seats for Treats” program to make sure they fit children properly, and to ensure parents know how to use them. The first 100 cars will receive one free ticket for admission to the theme park, according to CHP Officer Chris Miceli.

GILROY—Curtis Hargrove is a man on a mission. The Canadian native is on a 1,518-mile run from British Columbia to Los Angeles—the equivalent of 58 individual marathons—to keep a promise he made to a very special young woman.

GILROY—Daniella Sanchez is a bright, bubbly, athletic 8-year-old. But behind her big brown eyes and sweet smile is a girl who likes to hit—and she’s good at it, too.

Hikers, cyclists and horseback riders can learn how to safely interact with cattle and other livestock when encountering these animals on local recreation lands at an Oct. 17 workshop hosted by Santa Clara County Parks and Recreation.The workshop, which runs from 10 a.m. to noon, will be held at Coyote Lake-Harvey Bear County Park in San Martin—one of four county parks where cattle graze on the same property where hikers, cyclists and equestrians enjoy the outdoors.Collectively, such county parks where livestock live host more than 1 million visitors per year, according to county staff. Research from the UC Cooperative Extension notes that negative interactions between livestock and people occasionally occur on these parklands. Such interactions reportedly number less than seven incidents annually.With negative publicity around these incidents, people have expressed their fear of encountering a large animal on a trail, county staff added. The Oct. 17 workshop—conducted by park staff, ranchers and livestock and range management experts—will help park visitors better understand livestock and cattle behavior, and learn proper ways to safely approach cattle on the trail.Since 1992, the county has developed recreation trails on four parks where private ranchers keep their grazing livestock. Mixing these uses reduces the risk of wildfires and helps control invasive weeds such as yellow star thistle, according to county staff. Grazing also benefits some threatened and endangered animals, such as the California red-legged frog and the California tiger salamander. Grazing is also important in protecting habitat for rare species found in serpentine grasslands.Currently, more than 11,000 acres of county parklands are open for grazing, county staff added. Ranchers pay a fair market value to keep their livestock on the properties.

GILROY—The Gilroy Garlic Festival Association announced distributions totaling $250,000 will flow to 138 charities and nonprofit groups from the 2015 festival, which took place in July.