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Visitation will begin Monday, June 3, 2013, at 12:00 Noon with Funeral Services at 2:00 P.M., at Habing Family Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Gavilan Hills Memorial Park, Gilroy. Donations to the American Cancer Society preferred. Condolences at HabingFamilyFuneralHome.com.

Free Lance sports editor Connor Ramey and Dispatch sports editor Erin Redmond discuss the CCS titles from the San Benito and Gilroy softball teams.

Rosary and Memorial Mass Tuesday, June 4, 2013, at 10:00 A.M., at St Catherine's Church 17400 Peak Ave. Morgan Hill 95037. Reception to follow. Private burial. Donations preferred to St Catherine's Church, Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur 1520 Ralston Ave., Belmont, CA 94002 or the charity of your choice.

On the night May 25, the Gilroy Police Department's Traffic Unit held a DUI and Driver's License checkpoint. Of the approximately 598 vehicles that drove through the checkpoint, 43 vehicles were diverted to a secondary checkpoint. Two drivers were arrested for DUI; one was arrested because of a warrant; 29 citations were issued for driving unlicensed and four citations were issued to drivers driving on a suspended license, according to a GPD press release. Four vehicles were impounded from the checkpoint.

Jujube is a 3-year-old pit bull who is very sweet and friendly and also knows commands and tricks. He is available for adoption at the San Martin Animal Shelter. Interested? Call (408) 686-3900.  

Assemblyman Luis Alejo, author of a bill hitting the Assembly floor this week proposing to increase the state’s minimum wage, said the legislation would assist lower-income families in keeping up with escalating costs and that it would dissuade municipalities from passing local rates.

Gilroy Police Department Officer Noel Lemus, who was allegedly drunk when he barricaded himself in a bedroom and then resisted arrest at a home in Merced County on March 8, is scheduled for arraignment July 10 in the Merced County Courthouse.