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Local chef Carlos Pineda won first place in this year’s Garlic Showdown, an Iron Chef-style cookoff held Sunday at the 39th annual Gilroy Garlic Festival. The event, emceed this year by celebrity chef Giada De Laurentiis, first appeared in 2011 and pits four professional chefs against each other in a head-to-head culinary competition.

The much-maligned pavement on the roads of Highway 152 that pass through Gilroy will get a much-anticipated makeover in 2019 after the California Transportation Commission approved over $14.1 million in repaving funds. First, however, the nearly 100 year water lines running underneath 1st Street will need to be replaced, which will cost the city approximately $4 million after the bidding process has been completed.

In what used to be the Garlic City Casino a new restaurant has sprung up, giving an old gambling hall a new look and a lot more flavor. Tacos Del Guero, where the food is spicy, rich and 100 percent authentic, brings José Hernandez's Guadalajaran cooking to a new home base away from the kitchen he rented at El Centenario for four years.

A Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge shot down a Gilroy woman’s attempt to prevent the city from cutting down 235 trees, which she says are healthy.

It’s not even completed yet, but the newest park in Gilroy’s award-winning system is already going to the dogs.

Friday may have been Local’s Day at the Gilroy Garlic Festival, but that didn’t stop people from all over the country from celebrating the “stinking rose.” Sure it was hot and dusty, but the 39th Garlic Fest was another success, according to guests and promoters. The festival drew  102,667 customers this year a 20,000 rise over last year.

DANCE ON This brother and sister won the top honors at the National Night Out Dance Off Tuesday, a contest judged in part by past and current police chiefs Denise Turner and Scot Smithee. Daniela Zepeda, 4, took first place and her brother, Elijah, took second. His shirt gives his opinion of that.