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Polish your garlic press and start practicing mincing Gilroy’s aromatic tenant because the 34th Great Garlic Cook-Off is now accepting recipes.

March is upon us, and with that comes a slew of cool events going on at the Gilroy Demonstration Garden located at 7360 Eigleberry St. downtown. Get your hands dirty at this lovely earthen Mecca by attending one (or all!) of the events posted on the flier attached with this article.

The Gilroy Compassion Center - a grassroots outreach organization offering food, clothes, shelter and support services – is showing no signs of slowing down on its journey to becoming a year-round homeless shelter.

The Orchard Valley Red Devils under-9 boys soccer team, captured the top prize in dramatic fashion at the Copa Classic soccer tournament organized by the Willow Soccer Club in San Jose. 

Morgan Hill resident and Gavilan College trustee Mike Davenport, who suffered a severe head injury when he fell off the roof of his motor home nearly two weeks ago, died as a result of his injuries at San Jose Regional Medical Center today.

Miss California is making a stop in the Garlic Capital.

After 37 years as a Gilroy firefighter, flames were but a fraction of Andy Holiday’s occupational hazards.

Leaping good year!: Looking great at the age of 8, Janeen Patterson (actually 32 years old) celebrated her birthday Wednesday night at Tasso’s. She was born on Leap Year 1980.

It took awhile, but better late than never for a Gilroy eyesore. The junk trap that seems to inhabit a patch of land on Alexander Street without fail (see Eyesores of the Week, Nov. 22 and Jan. 24) is cleared.