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March 9:

Carmen Jimenez, 36, general manager of the McDonald’s restaurant at 797 First St. in Gilroy, will receive the prestigious Ray Kroc Award, named after the fast food chain founder in 1999 to honor high performing restaurant managers from across the globe.

Recent rains have left their mark on Gilroy, overflowing local waterways and making a tourist attraction out of the flooding on Miller Avenue at Christmas Hill Park.

Demolition began this week for a sprawling new CVS pharmacy at one of Gilroy’s busiest corners—and the site of its first salad bar.

Rebecca Plaza celebrated what would have been her son’s 20th birthday by placing a picture of him with a cake on the tree on Arroyo Circle where he died a year earlier.

The South Valley continues to boast some of the finest farmland that this area, once known as “The Valley of the Heart’s Delight,” has to offer. Lucky for South Valley residents, we can still partake in the fruits of the local farming community. And what better way to do that than with everyone’s favorite: chocolate. DeBrito Chocolate Factory, a family-run company out of Hollister, has made a sweet and profitable business of pairing chocolate with locally grown fruits and nuts.

The cake was out on Monday as the City Council said farewell and thanks to interim city administrator Ed Tewes, who attended his last council meeting on the dias before turning the keys to City Hall over to new administrator Gabriel Gonzalez.

Abrem Estorga is stepping down as the Gilroy boys basketball coach, he announced on the team's Facebook page Wednesday.

No one could argue that serving on a city council isn’t a grinding activity, requiring one to parse and analyze dense, technical and unfamiliar material, then comment as though one were an expert and to always without fail, make the right decision.