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The Santa Clara County DA’s Office’s Victim Services Unit, the American Red Cross and the County’s Behavioral Health Services has opened a Family Assistance Center for victims and others affected by the July 28. shooting at the Garlic Festival. The center is located at Rucker Elementary School, 325...

Under law enforcement escort authorities will be providing access, during an approximately 6-hour window today, to vendor and volunteer vehicles that were left in two parking lots at Christmas Hill Park / Gilroy Garlic Festival.

Gilroy Garlic Festival Queen Kylie Kuwada, a Gilroy native and Christopher High School alumna, has set up a GoFundMe.com fundraiser for victims of the July 28 shooting on festival grounds. With an initial goal of $5,000, Kuwada’s “Victim Relief for Gilroy Garlic Festival Shooting” has...

Cheryl Low and Candace Marquez, employees of Honey Ladies, were just returning to their booth after a break when they heard a shot ring out. There, they saw the suspected gunman reloading a clip and begin heading toward their booth. “The kids were in there,” Low...

With hundreds of local students, school employees and their families volunteering at the annual Gilroy Garlic Festival—many on Sunday when a gunman opened fire on the festival crowd—school district officials in both Gilroy and Morgan Hill offered crisis support counseling services for those affected. In...

A gunman shot more than 15 people and killed three victims before police shot and killed the suspect at the Gilroy Garlic Festival July 28, according to Gilroy Police Chief Scot Smithee. As of a press conference shortly after 10pm Sunday night, police were...

First-time cooking competitor Bret Barker, a 12-year veteran tank commander with the U.S. Army, delighted the judging panel at the 41st annual Gilroy Garlic Festival to claim victory in the Champions for Charity challenge. “It’s absolutely phenomenal,” said Barker of the opening cooking competition held...

Master chefs are again headed to the Gilroy Garlic Festival. James Beard Award-winning chef, restaurant owner and Top Chef judge Tom Colicchio will be appearing at the 41st annual festival and will host the Great Garlic Cook-Off on July 27, according to organizers. He then...

When Ellen Rivera-Craddock saw her neighbor’s grandson compete on stage as a junior chef at last year’s Gilroy Garlic Festival, she thought to herself: “I make a great sauce; I could do that.” On Saturday, July 27, the 25-year Gilroy resident will get her chance,...

Reality TV star and bestselling cookbook author Teresa Giudice will bring her love for healthy Italian cooking to the 41st annual Gilroy Garlic Festival on July 27. Giudice will prepare some of her favorite garlicky recipes on the Garlic Cook-Off Stage. Best known as a cast...