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Carmen Jimenez, 36, general manager of the McDonald’s restaurant at 797 First St. in Gilroy, will receive the prestigious Ray Kroc Award, named after the fast food chain founder in 1999 to honor high performing restaurant managers from across the globe.

Recent rains have left their mark on Gilroy, overflowing local waterways and making a tourist attraction out of the flooding on Miller Avenue at Christmas Hill Park.

Demolition began this week for a sprawling new CVS pharmacy at one of Gilroy’s busiest corners—and the site of its first salad bar.

Rebecca Plaza celebrated what would have been her son’s 20th birthday by placing a picture of him with a cake on the tree on Arroyo Circle where he died a year earlier.

BREAKING WALLS Gilroy’s Chamber of Commerce has a new touch, a statue calling attention to a trip to China. The nine-day trip from Oct.16-24 goes for $2,199 for Chamber members, $2,299 for non-members. Travelers will see Beijing, Shanghai, Suzhou and Hangzhou. The Chamber got the statue of a Terracotta  warrior from Citslinc, the company arranging the trip and will donate it after the trip to Gilroy Gardens.

Walking into the historic Willey House on Fifth Street in downtown Gilroy last Saturday, the infectious laughter of little girls greets you, second to the sweet scent of hair spray and perfume.

It’s hard to imagine, but what if studying math were fun?

If Billy Joel were passing through the South Valley, even the “piano man” would be impressed with Gilroy’s newest outlet store, The Piano Outlet.

Joe Lomeli didn’t know he was dead. He thought he was dreaming.

Hundreds of people flocked to see the creek overflow at Christmas Hill Park, saying it was a way of celebrating water in the face of a long drought.