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When most people think of the Gilroy Garlic Festival, they think of the delicious food associated with it.

Mi Pueblo Foods, a San Jose-based Hispanic grocery store chain with a location on First Street in Gilroy, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy yesterday, according to the company.

The American Red Cross has issued an emergency call for blood and platelet donors of all types to come forward and donate after blood donations dropped by 10 percent in June. That meant 50,000 fewer donations than expected.

The American Red Cross Silicon Valley Chapter honored 30 volunteers, including three South County locals, at the Annual Meeting on June 11 at Peninsula Building Materials in Mountain View and at the Volunteer Recognition Awards Night on May 21 at the Red Cross San Jose Office.

Are you a fan of fun, family-orientated movies on the big screen? Do you find yourself wishing that your local movie theater could be more atmospheric?

More than $200,000 worth of renovations to the Mulberry Picnic Area on the park side of Christmas Hill Park are in their final stages as the home of the Gilroy Garlic Festival will soon be flooded with thousands of festival goers.

Community Solutions, a comprehensive nonprofit human services agency that serves South Santa Clara and San Benito counties, announced the hire of Lisa Davis, a licensed marriage and family therapist, as the agency's Chief Operations Officer on July 17.

The Bay Area Chrysanthemum Growers Association, in conjunction with the University of California Cooperative Extension Small Farm Program and the Santa Clara County Farm Bureau, will hold a Heat Illness Prevention workshop for Chinese growers Friday in Morgan Hill, according to Farm Bureau Executive Director Jennifer Scheer.