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Fresh off a successful temporary reopening of the Granada Theater for the first time in nearly a decade, and just in time to ring in the winter holidays, the Morgan Hill Downtown Association is working on bringing a weekend screening of two Christmas classics to the theater.

Less than six months after a hit-and-run accident left Joshua Valdez, 23, in the hospital for several weeks with numerous injuries including a badly banged-up knee, the Morgan Hill resident is thankful he will get to spend Thanksgiving on his feet.

A Gilroy woman was honored at the Silicon Valley National Philanthropy Day on Nov. 16 for her work in raising $70,000 for the Gilroy Foundation last year.

Council approved a development project on a 5-0 vote for 68 single family homes on a 70 acre site on the westside of Rancho Hills Drive in the northwest quad during their regular meeting Monday night.

Thanksgiving is often the day of the year when firefighters respond to the most kitchen fires.

Now in its third year, the annual Turkey Challenge between Gilroy and Christopher High schools racked up a total of 275 frozen gobblers that were bequeathed to St. Joseph's Family Center in Gilroy.

Those who want to see a local nonprofit organization doing great things in South County get a $250,000 grant have approximately nine days to squeeze in as many votes possible for Gilroy dog trainer Mary Cortani.

Two women were raped in unrelated incidents in Morgan Hill last week, and police are still looking for one of the suspects.