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New courses offered by Gavilan College in drone technology and hospitality and tourism management are coming to the Morgan Hill area for the Fall 2017 semester.

Early in the morning as the rest of the city sleeps, out in the rural edges of town past the Sonic Drive-In and the last Subway before Pacheco Pass, Gilroy teen, Julianna Figone, is already awake and doing her morning chores at her step-dad’s ranch where she is raising a market hog for the upcoming Santa Clara County Fair.

In a move that could impact communities statewide and save billions of gallons of water, a top Sacramento official will investigate the reported waste of massive amounts of water by the Santa Clara Valley Water District and others.

In the ring, amateur boxer Rosino LeGan of Gilroy does not back down. Neither will he as he stares down the Santa Clara University administration as he and students like him, struggle to combat the rising cost of higher education. LeGan has started a grassroots campaign at his school to fight back against the costs of a college education, which buries millions of students under a mountain of debt.  

Closing in on the climax of garlic-mania at the Gilroy Garlic Fest, Christopher Ranch hosted a tour of its fields and processing plants in a tour organized by Bay Area McDonald’s Restaurants. Connecting where the source of their Gilroy Garlic Fries comes from, the four-hour tour lifted the veil from any questions one may have of growing and processing garlic. As it turns out, there's a lot to it.

Gilroy’s 1,326 special education students, whose needs range from weekly speech therapy to 24/7 residential schools, have a new leader in charge of their care in the wake of the resignation of the woman who had run the beleaguered department since 2013.

Police are looking for a man who tried to break into a home in San Martin after carjacking a vehicle in Santa Cruz, according to authorities.Just after midnight July 9, Santa Clara County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the area of Water Avenue in San Martin, after a resident there called 911 to report an attempted break-in, according to Sheriff’s Sgt. Rich Glennon. The homeowner heard the suspect trying to force entry into the home, and warned him from inside that police were being called.The suspect initially refused to leave the San Martin property. After the homeowner used a firearm to fire a warning shot, the suspect fled in a Chevrolet Impala that he had previously stolen out of Santa Cruz, Glennon said.Deputies arrived to the area and located the stolen vehicle, and attempted to make a traffic stop, according to Glennon. The suspect continued to flee police, and a short vehicle chase took place.The suspect led deputies to the end of Brookview Court in Morgan Hill, where he abandoned the Impala and continued to run away on foot through residential yards, Glennon said.Deputies and Morgan Hill Police set up a perimeter and conducted a search—which included a K9 and helicopter—while ordering local residents to shelter in place, Glennon said. However, authorities did not find the suspect.Glennon said police later found out the suspect had stolen the Impala from a location in Santa Cruz by approaching the vehicle, and telling the driver that he had a gun and wanted the car. However, the victims did not see a firearm in the man’s possession.The suspect is described as a white male, about 35 years old, with shoulder-length brown hair, Glennon said.No injuries were reported in the alleged crime spree.Anyone with information about this incident can contact the Sheriff’s Office at (408) 299-2311.

With the July Fourth holiday squarely in the rearview window, the Gilroy City Council gets back to work on Monday night, July 10 at 6 p.m. Below is a peek at the upcoming agenda, which can found at cityofgilroy.org:

A journey of 13,000 miles by foot was nearly thwarted on Thursday when Army veteran Eli Smith, who is on a hike to all four corners of the country, suffered a heat stroke while passing through Gilroy on Monterey Road in last week’s heat. He started his walk more than 2,700 miles away in Pensacola, FL.