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Gilroy High's track and field teams received standout

Friends and family of John Vasquez, a 46-year-old Gilroy native who was diagnosed less than three years ago with a rare nerve disorder called chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, along with multiple myeloma (a cancer that starts in the plasma cells of bone marrow) and monoclonal gammopathy (a condition in which an abnormal protein is in the blood) will host a family barbeque, raffle and fundraiser from noon to 6 p.m. Saturday, April 27 at Christmas Hill Park in Gilroy. 

The 2013 Miss Gavilan Hills and Miss Northern California Regional Scholarship Competition will take place at 4 p.m. Sunday, March 17 at the Gavilan College Theater, located at 5055 Santa Theresa Boulevard in Gilroy. This is the last qualifier for the Miss California State pageant in June.

If pigs could talk, two that fell off the back of a truck