Community

After three annual attempts, a change of venue, buckets of sweat and hundreds of slabs of grilled livestock, a South County team led by the Hollman family took home the Grand Champion prize at the No-Bull BBQ Cook-Off in Morgan Hill Saturday.

Time to fire up the pit and ready the barbecue sauce, Morgan Hill's third annual “No Bull BBQ” Cook-Off championship is this Saturday – and teams from Gilroy are getting their smokers hot for the competition.

Do you have an inspiring mom? Or just want to share with the community all she's done for you?

Ambling alongside student Mario Escudero on a sunny Friday morning around Gavilan College was something of a liberating leisure, especially on a weekday. 

Jill Smith said it was the support of her parents, and the life lessons she learned from her coaches that enabled her to reach the pinnacle of synchronized swimming at the 1996 Summer Games in Atlanta.

Aimee D’Hondt, a Gilroy native, is a missionary who is getting ready for her trip to Thailand where she will work with different ministries that combat human trafficking, protect at-risk children as well as minister to Burmese refugees fleeing genocide in their home country.

The community is invited to join Gilroy United Methodist Church and The Music Academy for a series of programs featuring our neighbors in concert. "Musi-Kaleidoscope" a five program series showcasing professional musicians from the South Valley sharing their favorite music in family-friendly concerts on Saturday afternoons. Each program begins at 2 p.m. in the acoustically excellent sanctuary at 7600 Church St.

Lori Katterhagen's world fell silent when she was 30 years old.