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Those passing through Starbucks on First Street and Wren Avenue for their morning lattes were taken aback when the coffee shop’s parking lot turned into a blood-spattered scene around 7:30 a.m. Thursday. The owner of a pit bull fled the scene after his dog allegedly attacked a smaller dog in the parking lot, giving it serious injuries that led to its euthanization, and sending its owner to the hospital.

The Silicon Valley Storm 12-and-under travel baseball team enjoyed another successful week at Cooperstown Dreams Park, last month, soaking up the scenery as well as putting together a solid performance on the diamond.

An effort to have Pinnacles National Monument reclassified as a national park received a boost Thursday when a key committee OK’d the legislation and sent it to the House of Representatives, according to a statement from The Wilderness Society.

The Gilroy Little League Junior (13 and 14 year olds) All-Star baseball team made a habit out of getting its job done early en route to the District 59 championship game Tuesday at the Gilroy Sports Park.

Despite the fact Gilroy City Council shot down a possible joint city-school sales tax that would help safeguard the Gilroy Unified School District from a possible $8.1 million cut in state funding next year, some school board trustees haven't dismissed the possibility of pushing for a re-vote on the measure. It could yield up to $11.5 million annually depending on a 0.25, 0.50 or 1 percent local sales tax increase.

Facing Evergreen Little League for the second time in five days, the Gilroy Little League 10-year-old Blue All-Star baseball team built a first-inning lead, tacked onto it and held on for a 5-0 victory and the District 59 championship Monday in San Jose.

A popular “gem” of a program that’s turned hundreds of elementary students into budding violinists for the past 13 years is threatened with a $17,000 budget cut that could slice the program in half.