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Gilroy soaked up 2.33 inches in the last 24 hours according to the rain gauge at Gilroy’s Chestnut fire station. All roads are open at this time.

On a cool Wednesday morning at Wheeler Manor – a senior living facility in Gilroy – residents gathered to watch Santa and his elves make a grand entrance as they were pulled in a sleigh by a majestic Gypsy horse.

With Christmas fast approaching, many homeless animals do not have a home for the holidays. The Santa Clara County Animal Shelter hopes to change that with their December adoption special.

It is roughly 3,019 miles from Gilroy to Newtown, Conn. – the town where one of the worst mass murders in U.S. history occurred just days ago.

The Gilroy Police Department’s Traffic Unit will conduct a DUI/Drivers License Checkpoint from 9 p.m. Friday to 3 a.m. Saturday at an undisclosed location within the city limits.

Following a career that has spanned 24 years, Gilroy Chamber of Commerce President/CEO Susan Valenta has announced her retirement. Valenta will remain on staff though late 2013 to ensure the selection and transition to new Chamber management.

In November 2008, council members canceled the Hollister Motorcycle Rally for the second time in less than three years. Top officials in the deficit-straddled city decided financial security outweighed the escalating costs – primarily a $360,000 security price tag – which came with Hollister’s signature event.

A landmark event for a local Native American tribe with roots tracing back to this area nearly 3,000 years is approaching Saturday, when Bishop Richard Garcia of the Monterey Diocese will offer a mass of reconciliation at the San Juan Bautista Mission and “apologize for the tragic events which occurred during mission times.”