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The 111th and 112th annual Golden Gate Kennel Club Dog Shows are just around the corner, and several of Gilroy finest competitors will be at the Cow Palace in Daly City this year to show their talented, furry friends.

One of the largest pharmacy chains in the country agreed to pay a $1.4 million settlement and reimburse certain customers at the checkout counter after Santa Clara and other counties filed a lawsuit accusing the store of overcharging consumers, according to District Attorney’s office staff.

Things are heating up for a South County native who is competing on the third season of TLC's the “Next Great Baker.”

A neighborhood meeting regarding possible improvements to Sunrise Park will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Gilroy Library Community Room, located at the Gilroy Public Library at 350 W. Sixth St. in Gilroy.

Downtown's only coffee shop, Dragonfly on Fifth, has officially closed its doors.

The Pebble Beach Bunker Cocktail

The City of Gilroy will officially honor Mary Cortani, founder of the local nonprofit Operation Freedoms Paws, by presenting her with a framed resolution at their Jan. 7 regular meeting. This recognition is for her work through OFP, as well as for her laudable volunteer service for Second Harvest Food Bank, Habitat for Humanity, a charitable event called “Christmas in April,” and as a canine instructor for Monterey County search and rescue dogs.

In the leap year that was 2012, tragedy turned to hope, sadness questioned pride, outrage preserved inaction, fear gripped the earth and bewilderment seemed to multiply itself many times over in Gilroy and South Santa Clara County.

A new weekly community newspaper in Morgan Hill has suspended operations after publishing just two editions, due to financial difficulties and a “disgruntled” employee who made steady business difficult, according to the publisher.