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GILROY—A Union Pacific train collided with a Honda Civic late Thursday after the car became wedged under a crossing arm gate and could not get out of the way of the oncoming train at the intersection of Masten Avenue and Monterey Road.

GILROY—Kayla Nanez has won soccer championships, broken track records and has been named the Valley Christian School’s Female Athlete of the Year for three consecutive years—and she’s only in eighth grade.

GILROY—HD Auto Glass Players scored five runs in the seventh inning to trim Cold Pop 15-12 in Wednesday Men’s E Softball League action at Christmas Hill Park.

GILROY—Over the weekend, 128 animals at the San Martin Animal Shelter found new homes as part of the adoption fair sponsored by a national nonprofit.

GILROY—A single-vehicle wreck on Leavesley Road Tuesday afternoon near Arroyo Circle turned fatal after the driver died in hospital the next day. Two passengers were injured and power lines were cut, impacting homes and businesses nearby.

GILROY—Feather Haven upset HD Auto Glass Players 13-3 in Men’s Wednesday E Softball League action, leaving both teams at 4-1 at Christmas Hill Park on May 20.

The Christopher High volleyball program will host five general all skills camps this summer, with only 32 slots available per session. 

GILROY—This year’s 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup soccer tournament features not one, but two former Mustangs.

GILROY—Fran Lopez of Gavilan College and Joan Miller of St. Mary School have been named as American Legion Gilroy Post #217’s Educators of the Year, the group announced this week.

GILROY—'Clouds of sorrow’ hovered over Gilroy in the wake of two car accidents last week that claimed the lives of five residents, including four Gilroy high school girls, three set to graduate next month, and a young father.