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Breaking with tradition in the hopes of attracting a larger

Hundreds of volunteers were scattered around Christmas Hill Park early Tuesday afternoon, transforming the 25-acre facility on Miller Avenue into the home of the 36th Annual Gilroy Garlic Festival.

Where were you the evening of Thursday, Dec. 12, from 5 to 8 p.m.? If you stopped by the Operation Interdependence open house, you experienced the heartwarming, Christmas spirit of generosity and gratitude for those that sacrifice to preserve our freedom and provide safety for us here at home.

Everyone knows Gilroy is the Garlic Capital, but did you know this area used to be a prune-producing powerhouse?

Gilroy residents eager to blow stuff up for a good cause flooded fireworks sales booths on Sunday, the first day of fireworks sales in the city, giving some of the 16 nonprofits licensed to sell fireworks high hopes for exploding profits during their short, four-day sales season.

GILROY—There was only one scenario that would get Wes Piatt and his teammates to first place at the 2015 Wodapalooza—and that’s just what happened.

Sunday’s Gilroy Garlic Festival President Vito Mercado extinguished the  bulb with a final audience cool-off outside the mist tents, drawing a close to a Sunday chock-full of garlicky action.

With triple digit temperatures expected throughout the week, the