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The Community Agency for Resources, Advocacy and Services, a Gilroy-based nonprofit known as CARAS, will be holding its first-ever fundraiser at 6 p.m. Saturday at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall in Gilroy to honor “community champions” including Assembly Member Luis Alejo, and world boxing champion and Gilroy native Robert Guerrero.

Approximately 98 percent of the students entering Gavilan College in the fall of 2012 tested into remedial classes in at least one area, mirroring a statewide trend that has school officials concerned.

The City of Gilroy recently released its second quarter sales tax update for this fiscal year, demonstrating “significant” gains for new automobile sales and miscellaneous vehicle sales, along with a 1.9 percent increase in cash receipts for the City overall.

Anna Brolin, a 17-year-old senior at Gilroy High School, is this week's "Student of the Week."

The annual Downtown Holiday Parade, an event sponsored by the Gilroy Downtown Business Association, will likely see swarms of attendees descend upon downtown Gilroy on Saturday afternoon.

GILROY — Shoes of all shapes and sizes are piled outside the door of the new wrestling room at Gilroy High. If you even think about stepping inside with shoes on, you better be prepared to answer to the Mustangs wrestlers.

WEDDING: Perez/Schwab: Perez/Schwab Alma Cecilia Perez and James Michael Schwab were married Nov. 16, 2013 in San Jose. Alma, daughter of Carlos and Yolanda Perez of Morgan Hill, graduated from UC Berkeley, and is a consultant to the State Senate Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations. James, son of Margaret Schwab of Davis, graduated from UC Davis, and is a legislative consultant to State Senator Alex Padilla.

Rufus is a 5-year-old Chihuahua mix who weighs 8.9 pounds, is sweet and quiet. He is house trained and good with children and dogs. He has been with the San Martin Animal Shelter since November. Interested? Call (408) 686-3900.