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California experienced its driest year on record in 2013, prompting Gov. Jerry Brown to declare a drought emergency last month. The local water district also called for a mandatory 20-percent cut in water use earlier this week.

When Gilroyan Jennifer Lynn Kranz, or “JLK,” was diagnosed with a rare brain cancer called Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma on her birthday, doctors gave her only nine months to live.

When a Gilroy man set about connecting the Black Bear Diner restaurant he owned with the Make-A-Wish Foundation, he didn't imagine the fundraising efforts from the company-wide initiative would be nearing the $1 million mark after just six years.

The second half of this week will feature “soaking rain and mountain snow returning to drought-stricken California,” according to a recent report from AccuWeather.com.

If Kathleen King gets her way, every baby born in Santa Clara County will have health insurance within a week of being born.

The City of Gilroy Recreation Department and Gilroy Children’s Music Theater seeks local youth ages 6-25 who love to sing and dance to audition for parts in the upcoming production of “Disney Spectacular!”

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.