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In dominating the second half, the San Benito High girls’ soccer team unleashed a tidal wave of shots on the Gilroy goal.

We've got a pretty gifted photographer here at the Dispatch, and we like to showcase her talents.

The Santa Clara Valley Water District’s rain gauge at Uvas Canyon Park measured 1.62 inches of rain in the last week, and the gauge at Loma Prieta hauled in 0.95 inches, according to a report from the Santa Clara County Farm Bureau.

Isaiah Locsin, a 2012 state wrestling champion and a runner up in 2013, will not suit up to finish his high school career.

The driver of a stolen vehicle led police on a high-speed chase from Gilroy to north Morgan Hill Friday before crashing and fleeing the scene on foot, according to authorities. As of about 12 p.m., officers on the scene were still searching for the driver of the vehicle which crashed near the intersection of U.S. 101 and Coyote Creek Golf Drive, according to California Highway Patrol Officer Herb Kellogg. The incident prompted Morgan Hill Unified School District staff to place Sobrato High School, on Burnett Avenue, on a “code blue” lockdown while the suspect was hiding out. But district staff said there were no apparent or immediate “safety concerns” to the students and staff on campus. The high-speed chase started in Gilroy, when a Gilroy police officer spotted the stolen vehicle on the road and began following it, Kellogg said. The officer briefly lost sight of the vehicle in the area of Masten Avenue, but caught up to it on the freeway. Police continued to chase the vehicle - described as a black Chrysler by emergency communications staff overheard on a police scanner - northbound on U.S. 101 until it crashed in the area of Coyote Creek Golf Drive. The driver - the only known occupant of the vehicle - fled the crash site on foot into the nearby Coyote Creek bed. The suspect is still under pursuit by officers at the scene, Kellogg said. “Multiple agencies are involved” in the search for the suspect, Kellogg said. Kellogg did not know why the stolen vehicle crashed, or if any other vehicles were involved. The accident and the alleged crime are under investigation. More details on this incident will be posted as they are available. 

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The Gilroy girls basketball team has held their last two opponents to just 36 points while scoring 105 of its own. The Mustangs rolled to a 45-16 win at Pajaro Valley Thursday, improving to 10-7 overall, 7-1 in league. Stats from this game were not yet available. Gilroy will take on Alisal at 7 p.m. Tuesday at home for its third to last game of the regular season.

Here is the recent arrest log recorded from the Santa Clara County Sheriff's substation in San Martin:

City Council will be holding a special meeting/study session Monday night to discuss planned unit development regulations and potential amendments to existing sign ordinances: