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WHEN GILROY PREP School teacher, Jessie Hill, along with her mom, Karen Hill, moved to town three years ago, her first stop was the Gilroy library, where she met Supervising librarian, Sharon Kelly.

THE Watsonville Wetlands Watch 2016 Docent Training Program begins on January 20. Local experts will provide an inside look at the wetlands of Watsonville, with classes covering the cultural and natural history of the wetlands, including the birds and native plants. This fun and interesting 7-week program consists of Wednesday evening presentations and Saturday morning field trips, where students have the opportunity to visit little known areas of the wetlands.

Christmas has been a sticking point in our house for over a decade, and we're at a stalemate.

The original Louis Hotel & Café located on Monterey Street, between Sixth and Seventh, built in 1921, is an historic monument referred to by locals as the Old Gilroy Hotel.

On Monday, Dec. 7, the Gilroy City Council will be taking up the important issue of whether in the next five years to plan for and build new residential neighborhoods on the approximately 721 acres roughly bounded by Monterey on the east, Santa Teresa on the west, Fitzgerald on the north and the existing city limits on the south. Specific project details are not yet available but the development will likely consist of somewhere between 4,000 to 5,300 new residences.