Community

Santa Clara County's Gilroy may be the garlic capital of the world, but at least three consecutive years of crop reports reveal San Benito County produces more of the stinking rose.

The ABC television show “The Chew” is coming for a taste of Hollister and Gilroy.

If you have never been to Guglielmo’s annual Harvest Festival, here is your chance to have a barrel of fun—Italian style. This is the 23rd year the Guglielmo family has hosted this wildly popular, adults-over-21-only festival, which will take place from 2 to 9:30 p.m. Aug. 16. Dinner will be served between 5 and 6 p.m.

Kids splashed and played when the water was officially turned on at Gilroy Gardens’ Water Oasis during a dedication and ribbon-cutting July 17.

Celebrate summer fun and philanthropy at the July 30 “celebrity bartending” event supporting nonprofit organizations that serve South County Residents. The event will feature local public officials serving premium wines and artisan beer, with “generous tipping” encouraged and the proceeds benefiting Community Solutions and the St. Joseph’s Family Center. Serving beverages will be Morgan Hill Mayor Steve Tate, Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors President Mike Wasserman, Gilroy Police Chief Denise Turner and Santa Clara Police Chief Mike Sellers, according to a press release from Community Solutions. The event takes place 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. July 30 at the Silicon Valley Capital Club, 50 W. San Fernando, San Jose. Admission is free, and parking will be validated in the garage below the club. Attendees are asked to RSVP by July 25 by calling (408) 846-4704 or by visiting bitly.com/summerfunphilanthropy. 

Free adoptions: visitors to the San Martin Animal Shelter won't have to pay the $100 fee for kittens or $90 fee for cats.

As a rock band performs Green Day’s 1995 hit song “Brain Stew” outside of a garage on Second Street July 15, people passing by slow down. A woman walking her dog across the street stops to listen as the drummer—his hair shaped into a mohawk and dyed metallic blue—bobs his head in rhythm with the song. A few teenagers whizzing by on bikes and skateboards stop dead to watch.

Thirty-three DNA slides. A roll of duct tape. Textbooks outside a shed. Clothes mashed up in a bag found nearby, covered with dirt, floor mat fibers, urine, skin cells and “little glass beads,” the kind used to paint reflective safety markings on roadways. Then there’s the rope, which had some of her hair attached.

The City of Gilroy Recreation Department and Gilroy Children’s Music Theater recently presented the production of “Disney Spectacular!” at Christmas Hill Park amphitheater.

Gilroy party-goers rang in the early evening Friday, July 11 at San Ysidro Park to the sound of deejay music, undulating zumba dancers and a cacophony of police sirens.