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Volunteers united in memory of a dear friend and relative to run

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. 

Organizers have announced the lineup for the Taste of Morgan Hill’s first ever “teen stage,” which will feature a variety of local young entertainment acts throughout Saturday morning, afternoon and evening. The youth stage will be located in the parking lot of Sinaloa Cafe, 17535 Monterey Road (at the corner of First Street and Monterey Road). The Taste of Morgan Hill food and art festival will take place in downtown Morgan Hill 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. The festival features three stages of live entertainment both days, classic car show, and a variety of food and merchandise vendors. For more information on the Taste of Morgan Hill, go to the Chamber of Commerce website at www.morganhill.org. Saturday’s lineup for the youth stage is as follows:-10 a.m. - Darren of Music Tree-10:45 a.m. - The Impatients-11:30 a.m. - Sobrato High Swing Band-12:15 p.m. - Morgan Hill United Academy of Martial Arts-1 p.m. - Vivian Castillo-1:45 p.m. - Ross Burdick-2:30 p.m. - The Honorable Mayor Steve Tate, and Local Dance Company-3:15 p.m. - Vi Tran- 4 p.m. - Austin Corini, former X-Factor semi-finalist-5 p.m. - Proxima Parada

Research is constantly trying to determine why thousands of people are inexplicably diagnosed with cancer every year. It really didn’t make sense why Morgan Hill resident Teresa Glover, 39 – a former Gilroy local and longtime fundraiser for cancer research and awareness – was told she had stage 3 non-Hodgkins lymphoma Dec. 18, 2013.

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In total, 9 GHS basketball players earn year-end awards