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Gilroy driver Stephen Hopf earned his second Sport Mods main-event race of the season Friday night at Ocean Speedway in Watsonville.

The Central Coast Barnstormers semi-pro football team won its fourth straight game with a 35-6 victory over the visiting Capital City Fury on Saturday at Gilroy High.

Claudia Valencia is in the trenches of that dazed period all new mothers face. The round-the-clock nursing. The overwhelming feelings of love for a helpless, constantly pooping creature. The emotional spikes and drops thanks to postpartum hormones.

The Gilroy Police Department will be conducting a DUI/driver's license checkpoint at an undisclosed location in the city on Saturday night, said Gilroy PD Sgt. Kurt Ashley.

For the first time ever, Gilroy is partaking in a nationwide annual celebration of healthy lifestyles for children and their families next Saturday.

Sobrato High senior Ryan Corvese won the male 5K at the AAUW Morgan Hill 30th Wildflower Run on Sunday, covering the course in 16 minutes, 15 seconds.

Missing Gilroy teen Rayna Morellon, 15, whose disappearance last week sparked a major police search, has was found Saturday in San Jose.

Two South County residents participated in the Boston Marathon today, where two massive explosions detonated at the finish line, instantly turning a beloved international athletic event to a chaotic scene of gruesome deaths and injuries.