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Area kids gather for long day of competition at Hollister

Some Gilroy voters said they’re supportive of a sales tax increase to benefit Saint Louise Hospital, according to a recent phone survey the private hospital commissioned; however – the tax is more attractive if it were paired with funding education, fire services, police officers or services for the elderly.

Live Oak High School alumna Kassandra Pena, 24, will compete for the title of Miss California Latina 2013 Dec. 1.The competition will take place at Hotel Westin in Pasadena, and the winner will go on to represent California at the 2014 Miss Latina US, according to a press release from the Miss California Latina Pageant. Pena’s family moved to Morgan Hill in 2007, when she graduated from Live Oak, she said. Now a San Jose resident, Pena graduated from San Jose State University in 2011 with a degree in broadcast journalism. She was also a member of Lambda Theta Nu sorority at SJSU. Pena’s platform is gang prevention, according to the press release. She currently writes for LatinitasMagazine.com, an online digital magazine empowering Latina youth through the use of media and technology.Pena is the current title holder of Miss San Jose Latina 2013. Some of her sponsors are DryBar - Santana Row, and Mexico Lindo Restaurant, the press release says. Her parents still live in Morgan Hill, and Pena said she visits them every week. 

Gilroy has a new attraction that will have area kids jumping for joy.

Gilroy High School's Latinos Club lunchtime soccer league is

Workers from AG Sod lay down 50,000-square-feet of new grass Wednesday at Carriage Hills Park, one of three new parks set to open in the northwest area of the city in the next month. The 2.92-acre, $1-million Carriage Hills Park will include a children's playground, rock climbing wall and a full basketball court. The park is located at Crest Hill Way and Valley Oaks Drive.

The Third Annual Run for the Stinkin' Roses took place Sunday at

GILROY—A little more than three months ago, Caley Camarillo lost her lifelong battle with cystic fibrosis. Though the 12-year-old Gilroy girl is longer physically here, her mother, Teresa Camarillo, is working to ensure her daughter’s memory will live on.