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GILROY--The Daughters of Charity Health System Board of Directors has selected BlueMountain Capital Management, a private investment company, to recapitalize its operations, including Saint Louise Regional Hospital in Gilroy, the hospital system announced July 17.

What happens if your new baby is allergic to your longtime feline friend? Or the cheapest housing option doesn’t allow pets? How much can you afford to spend if he needs surgery or medication?

GILROY—The Gilroy Junior All Stars team won the Northern California Junior Softball Tournament on July 12 and secured their spot in the Western Regionals Tournament in Tucson, Ariz. 

In 1982, Bill Strange went to the 4th annual Gilroy Garlic Festival with his camera in hand. Using his keen eye, he snapped some photos, developed the film and gave it to Dick Nichols, the festival’s executive director at the time, expecting nothing more than a thank you. Instead, he got a job offer.

GILROY—Mario Bonfante Jr. is in the business of proving people wrong.

GILROY—Peter Leroe-Muñoz, a Gilroy councilman, wants to simultaneously improve the quality of the state’s public education and cut regional crime rates. In an interview with the Dispatch July 18, Leroe-Muñoz, a Democrat, announced he’s running for California State Assembly in the November 2016 election.

GILROY—A Hollister teen was charged with animal cruelty after he allegedly entered Gilroy’s PetSmart and removed a turtle from the reptile case and killed it before fleeing from the store.

I don’t normally chime in on politics. In fact, I avoid that subject like the plague. All too often politics is a topic that just causes people to get fired up and argue.

GILROY—A 91-year-old woman who went missing from her home in south-central Gilroy Wednesday led to the issuance of a citywide alert just before 3:25 p.m, but within minutes she was found not too far from her own residence, according to Gilroy police.

GILROY—United Natural Foods, Inc., the $6 billion-strong natural foods distribution firm set to open in Gilroy within weeks with promises of upwards of 500 jobs will instead delay the start of business until February and lay off dozens of workers, some of whom began work today, the Dispatch has learned.