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Attorney James A. Ward hosted a ribbon cutting and the January Mixer for the Gilroy Chamber of Commerce on Jan. 12 at the office at 7810 Monterey St. Details: 847-4800 or wardesq.com.

The Gilroy Police Department arrested three of its "Most Wanted" suspects in a little more than a week, including one man who was subdued by a police baton in a grocery store parking lot, GPD Sgt. Chad Gallacinao said.

Authorities have canceled an Amber Alert for an 11-year-old girl who was abducted by an armed suspect at a San Jose home early Friday morning.

It was a rough night all around for Gilroy teams. Aside from the Gilroy High boys soccer team, which tied San Benito 1-1, the local teams were on the wrong ends of the results. The CHS girls basketball and soccer teams suffered their first league losses, while the CHS boys basketball team dipped below .500 in the MBL.

The 32nd annual Mid Cals is in full swing at Gilrly High school this morning. The two-day tournament is in its preliminary stages, building toward the always entertaining finals under the spotlight on center mat.

Rivalries usually consist of teams trading wins game in and game out. But in boys soccer, the Gilroy and San Benito rivalry has been mostly one sided – tilting toward the Mustangs.

Gilroy residents and business owners have until Monday to formally protest the city’s plans to raise sewer service rates more than 40 percent over the next five years – a necessary spike, officials say, that will fund anticipated rising costs in maintenance and wastewater operations.

In 1870, the not-yet Garlic Capital of the world was actually considered the Tobacco Capital of the United States.