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The Gilroy All-Stars will host the Beijing Ducks, the Chinese Basketball Association champions, in an exhibition game at 7 p.m. Aug. 19 at Gilroy High School.

On the morning of Aug. 9, 44 local children and their families got the chance to do something they otherwise couldn't: go shopping for new back-to-school clothes. They went shopping at Kohl's on Camino Arroyo, where each child picked out roughly $115 in new clothing. But when the families arrived at the registers to check out, members of the Gilroy Exchange Club footed the bill.

When Garry Stauber joined DreamPower, a nonprofit therapeutic horsemanship organization, he didn't think he was cut out for it. After his first few lessons teaching autistic children to interact and ride horses, Stauber didn't think he was qualified and quit—several times. But week after week, Stauber found himself returning to help those with special needs heal with horses.

City Council passed an emergency ordinance last week in response to a statewide mandate that California’s cities must cut their water usage by up to 20 percent.

Editor's note: The original print version of this story did not include Roland Velasco, a former council member who became a qualified candidate by the Aug. 13 deadline. A correction ran in the Aug. 22 edition.

For the former Stanislaus-County based tractor driver Elizabeth “Liz” Gabrio, she’s back in the driver’s seat.

GILROY—Linda Pulido went to Rome hoping for two more medals to add to her already vast collection in Filipino martial arts. She came home with three.

GILROY—The Bill Flodberg Mount Madonna Challenge is back for its 39th year and it’s upped the ante.

Life’s best lessons aren’t always learned in the classroom.

The tire-destroying powers of spiky goat head thorns prove no match for Kevin Griffin—affectionately known as “Shifty.”