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Check out the 1,001 reasons to visit the library this summer. The Adult Summer Reading Program is still going strong – and there’s still time to sign up. It runs through Aug. 31. Stop by the information desk upstairs and enter to win a giftcard. Read at least five books (you choose) and turn in your reading log by Aug. 31 to be entered to win an eReader. Track summer reading online at sccl-src-adults.bibliocommons.com.

This Saturday, the Garlic City fun run and car show will populate downtown where you can ogle at the finest classic and muscle cars this side of South County. 

The same creative character partially responsible for the mystical-looking 48-by-25-foot garlic mural inscribed on the back cement wall of the 9Lives Club in downtown Gilroy is at it again – only this time he’s got a posse.

Throughout Robert Guerrero's boxing career, the Gilroy native has had a strong supporting cast to buffer bad times and celebrate the good.

A pair of Gilroy track and field athletes advanced through stage two of qualifying over the weekend at Bob Mathias stadium at Tulare Union High School and will participate in the USATF National Junior Olympic Track and Field Championships at Hughes Stadium, Morgan State University in Baltimore from July 23-29.

Hot summer days across the country contributed to  six child deaths so far this year from heat stroke when children were left unattended in vehicles; that fact has caused the California Highway Patrol to issue a warning about the extreme danger of leaving children in hot vehicles this summer.

From drought to mold, unseasonably cool temperatures to hungry nematodes, winemakers take their occupational wildcards in stride.