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United Way Silicon Valley is working with a coalition of financial institutions and nonprofit and government agencies, including the Internal Revenue Service, to connect eligible local families to free tax services through its Earn It! Keep It! Save It! program. Tax preparation services are provided by trained, IRS-certified volunteers at Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) sites located throughout Santa Clara County at selected libraries, nonprofit organizations, churches, community centers and credit unions.

When Daniel Palmerlee first opened his dental practice in Gilroy, business trickled in slowly. As an avid photographer, he’d sometimes bide his time at the office developing negatives in the X-ray dark room.

When it comes to food, music and a volunteerism, there is nothing like the annual Gilroy Garlic Festival, which has grown from a local event into a perpetual media darling that garners national attention.

Wesley Painter, 29 of Gilroy, whose lifeless body was located in a west Morgan Hill home while police were investigating an unrelated incident, is not considered a victim of foul play, Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Sgt. Jose Cardoza said. 

For 40 years, Denny's has been a staple in the Gilroy community. Now it has a new look to go with that tradition.

Luis Franco doesn’t travel to far away lands to shoot exotic things. He prefers to find beauty that others miss right in front of them.

Bruce Eisenman will tell you he is 70 years old. But nothing about him matches his age.