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Santa Clara County’s Emergency Medical Services ambulance provider, Rural/Metro, has been fined more than $3.4 million by the County dating back to January 2012 for failing to meet the guidelines laid out in its contract since gaining exclusive county ambulance service rights in 2011.

The City is in the early talks of expanding the aesthetic look of Monterey Street in downtown Gilroy to Fourth and Fifth Streets.

Saturday, April 27 is shaping up to be a day of mass volunteerism in Santa Clara County, but organizers of the annual “Beautiful Day” event are in need of many more volunteers, “willing to pick up a shovel and get a little bit dirty” in order to complete the dozen or so beautification projects planned in Morgan Hill, San Martin and Gilroy.

Downtown Gilroy is in the midst of a coffee renaissance thanks to the opening of Fifth Street Coffee.

Gilroy Gardens Family Theme Park launched their 2013 season last weekend with a day for Gilroy residents only - an event that drew an enormous amount of locals to the park.

The Gilroy Downtown Business Association - a group of small business owners who have banded together to promote downtown commerce - is hosting their fifth annual Art & Wine stroll on Saturday, May 4. 

Believe it or not, it's time to get started on summer gardens, and the Gilroy Demonstration Garden is helping people get a head start on all the delicious vegetables they hope to plant this year at their seedling sale this Saturday. 

The Central Coast Barnstormers semi-pro football team picked up its first win of the season Saturday, improving to 1-2 with a 55-32 victory over the Solano Chiefs at Vacaville Christian.

Local churches invite the public to celebrate and worship with them on Easter Sunday. The Dispatch compiled the list, complete with service times and any extras, such an Easter Egg hunt.