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The Moors of the sixth century who started the Spanish Alhambra castle didn’t have to contend with PG&E pipelines and utility company oversight, but construction still lasted more than 100 years.

The 34th Annual Miss Gilroy Garlic Queen pageant opened with a video montage – set to pop/country artist Taylor Swift’s song, “22” – and finished with crowd favorite Olivia Echeverria, 22, being crowned 2013 Miss Gilroy Garlic Festival Queen Pageant winner.

Roughly 70 people attended the Gilroy Leadership & Education Foundation’s “Level Up” event that unveiled several new Leadership Gilroy programs last Thursday in the Old City Hall in Gilroy.

A Gilroy pastor had the "honor of a lifetime" this morning when he led Congress in a prayer for the nation, for government leaders and for victims of yesterday's tornado in Oklahoma. 

San Benito County supervisors Tuesday are set to honor two flight nurses who helped to save the life of a pedestrian struck by a car in San Benito County on Christmas Eve.

To address the ongoing yet largely unknown problem of youth malnutrition in Silicon Valley, Second Harvest Food Bank is launching the Stop Childhood Hunger food drive this summer and will continue the effort all year long. 

The American Cancer Society invites homeowners, restauranteurs, shop owners and residents of all kinds to help "paint the town purple" for the month of June to celebrate cancer survivors and draw attention to their annual Relay for Life Event in June. 

A Gilroy faith leader is slated to give the opening prayer to the US House of Representatives Tuesday morning, an opportunity he called "an honor of a lifetime."

The Gilroy Downtown Business Association is extending the May 17 deadline for “Gilroy Shark Tank” applications to May 31 to allow extra time for local entrepreneurs to submit their business plans.

Valley Verde, a San Jose-based nonprofit is rolling out a new 10-year plan to increase the number of backyard gardens in Santa Clara County by 20,000.