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The Central Coast Barnstormers plan to run a balanced spread offense this season. There should be little doubt about the semi-pro football team’s ability to move the ball through the air.

Registration is open for Gilroy Browns football for ages 12 to 15 and cheer for ages 5 to 15.

Students and community members have hiked the pastoral hills behind Gavilan College for more than 25 years - until recently, when private property owners put the kibosh on public trail access, causing quite a stir on campus.

What started as a cool idea for comfort at outdoor concerts has transformed into another humanitarian effort spearheaded by Ramona Trevino and her special needs life skills students at Gilroy High School.

Sometimes the offer on the table is a tempting decision: Give up your pet, and you’ll have a place to live.

Students and community members have hiked the pastoral hills behind Gavilan College for more than 25 years - until recently, when private property owners put the kibosh on public trail access. 

Nobody knows why Allysa Marie Chavez-Perez was walking alone in the middle of the night along a busy highway east of Gilroy. Friends and teachers who knew the 17-year-old say she was on the verge of turning her life around and graduating from high school in June.

The Gavilan College Board of Trustees Tuesday will consider appointing a short-term replacement for President Steve Kinsella, who will be taking about a one-month medical leave starting at the end of this month, according to Gavilan staff.

The Gilroy Exchange Club presented the Gilroy Police and Fire departments with a multitude of Teddy bears at the club’s luncheon March 6. The Exchange Club adopted the Teddy bear program, which helps officers and firefighters handle extreme situations involving children, and purchased a number of bears to donate. Police and firefighters will give the bears to children to comfort them during times of trauma. A police car and fire engine were displayed during the lunch and presentation of bears by Exchange Club members.

As authentic as the Italian cuisine served at his one-time iconic Gilroy restaurant, Giuseppe “Joe” Bertolone passed away Tuesday in Alabaster, Ala., where he helped start up another family-run eatery by the same name: Joe’s Italian Restaurant.