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GIVING IT HIS ALL Kindergartener Jackson Deras gives it his all during St. Mary School’s 7th Annual Walk-a-Thon to raise funds for the Gilroy school. 

GILROY—About 300 students, faculty and staff members took part in the St. Mary School’s Seventh Annual Walk-a-Thon and raised $20,454.

GILROY—For the first time since its demolition was halted in 2006 and again in 2014, supporters of an old barn in Christmas Hill Park finally entered the structure they’ve been rallying to save.

GILROY—Gymnasts from Gilroy and Hollister celebrated the lives of survivors of women’s cancers and in turn helped raise awareness at the annual Pink Meet Invitational at Bay Aerials in Fremont.

GILROY—After walking away from the purchase of six Daughters of Charity hospitals in March due to “onerous and unprecedented conditions” placed on the transaction by California Attorney General Kamala Harris, Prime Healthcare has filed a lawsuit alleging she abused her constitutional authority.

SAN JOSE—Gilroy’s Jeff Garcia is among four South Bay legends who will be inducted in the San Jose Sports Hall of Fame this year.

GILROY—U.S. 101 on-ramp meters in Gilroy and Morgan Hill installed earlier this year will be activated in mid-October, according to officials with the California Department of Transportation. It’s part of an $18 million effort to manage traffic bottlenecks on freeways throughout the region during peak commuting hours.

GILROY—After watching multiple sclerosis strip her uncle of his independence, going from walking and driving alone to using a wheelchair and being bedridden, Gilroy High School junior Allison Jordan is raising money to cure the disease.

MORGAN HILL—The California High-Speed Rail Authority will host a series of open house meetings in the Bay Area in the coming weeks to update residents on planning for the project that will zoom through Morgan Hill and Gilroy.