Community

With its third manager stepping down for the third year in a row, the Gilroy Farmers Market is taking a different approach and attempting to join the big leagues by becoming a member of the same California Farmers Market Association that runs the now highly successful year-round market in Morgan Hill – but it needs a little financial help to make the transition.

New York photographer Alejandra Regalado stopped in Gilroy this month to capture 21 women and the things they hold dear – through the lens of her camera.

Research is constantly trying to determine why thousands of people are inexplicably diagnosed with cancer every year. It really didn’t make sense why Morgan Hill resident Teresa Glover, 39 – a former Gilroy local and longtime fundraiser for cancer research and awareness – was told she had stage 3 non-Hodgkins lymphoma Dec. 18, 2013.

Coast Range CrossFit, 8540 Church St.,  will host a memorial workout for Jennifer Lynn Kranz, or "JLK" as she was known to her family and friends at 9 a.m. Saturday.

GILROY — Gilroy Gators swimmers Halee Chavez and Adrianna Queen have big dreams. They both see collegiate competition in their futures — and they are hoping the Gators will get them there.

Jennifer Lynn Kranz, or “JLK” as she is known to family and friends, took the world by storm with her princess dresses, big brown eyes, beautiful smile and dancing - but she was diagnosed with Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma - a rare type of cancer that caused an inoperable tumor to grow in her brain stem.

While some people have a love affair with coffee, Morgan Hill resident Nick Langone and Gilroy High School alumna Brianna Holladay have a love story that blossomed over cups of coffee – thousands of them.

Although the weekend storm brought less rain than expected – .35 inches in most parts of Gilroy and Morgan Hill, according to National Weather Service statistics – the recent wet conditions have provided a “glimmer of hope” for area ranchers.

The Santa Clara Valley Water District’s rain gauge at Uvas Canyon Park measured 1.62 inches of rain in the last week, and the gauge at Loma Prieta hauled in 0.95 inches, according to a report from the Santa Clara County Farm Bureau.

Haleigh Dalke arrives at Gilroy High for zero period at 7 a.m. to start the laundry list of items she does each day.