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Jeff Rader was browsing through knick-knacks at the Gilroy Salvation Army when his heart stopped.

A Gilroy local is among four former service members hand-picked by Assemblyman Luis Alejo (D-Salinas) to receive the 2012 Veteran of the Year Award.

The American Red Cross Silicon Valley Chapter has sent 18 more local volunteers to New York and New Jersey, in addition to the 20 previously deployed, to provide assistance to clients affected by superstorm Sandy and the Nor’Easter along the coast. A total of 127 volunteers have now been deployed from the Monterey and San Francisco Bay Areas – including Tom Busk of Gilroy and Patricia DeWitt of Morgan Hill.

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For the past six years, Gilroy history teacher Darren Yafai has established a unique tradition of assigning a project titled “Stories of Service” to students enrolled in Honors World History.

Sick, endangered condors from Pinnacles National Monument will now have the ability to get treatment a lot closer to home as part of a new partnership announced with the Oakland zoo, according to a recent announcement.

Despite the immeasurable volumes by which Tara Romero’s friends and family miss her and continue to grieve over their loss, an event in Morgan Hill commemorating the one-year anniversary of her death was more celebratory than somber.

Claiming unfair cuts in retirement and medical benefits, employees, retirees and family of employees at Gilroy’s Nob Hill Foods are picketing the store, after 15 months of union negotiations with store management.