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The five judges for 2013's Gilroy Garlic Festival's “Great Garlic Cook-off” competition have been announced. Here's who they are and the knowledge they're bringing.

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Dennis Harrigan thought he finally arrived - with more than 100 spectators intently watching as he began to prepare his version of Chicken Étoufée on the demonstration stage in the early '90s of the Gilroy Garlic Festival.

When and where: The 2013 35th annual Gilroy Garlic Festival runs from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, July 26 through Sunday, July 28, at Christmas Hill Park, located in the center of town where Miller Avenue meets Uvas Creek. Gates close at 6 p.m.

Morgan Hill police will conduct a DUI and drivers license checkpoint Friday, July 19 at an undisclosed location inside the city limits.

Motorists and motorcycle riders are not always the most considerate users of the roadways - resulting in a rise in motorcycle-involved crashes over the years and prompting the Gilroy Police Department to take action, according to a GPD press release.

Local agriculture in 2012 recovered some of the losses it suffered the previous year thanks to better weather patterns and steady demand for the region’s most voluminous commodities, according to the Santa Clara County Division of Agriculture’s annual crop report which was released earlier this week.

Nearly one month after Heather Pacheco bested 12 other contestants in a competition aimed at getting a new business into one of Gilroy's 24 vacant downtown properties, the Garlic Capital is on track to boast the “best new trend in affordable luxury” – but the process hasn’t been smooth sailing for the winner in her quest to find exactly the right building for her new “blow-dry bar.”

Patriotism was celebrated brightly in Gilroy on the Fourth of July.

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