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Friends can pay their respects on Thursday, January 3, 2013, from 1:00 P.M. until 9:00 P.M. at Black Cooper Sander Funeral Home. The Rosary will be at 7:00 P.M. at the funeral home.The Mass will be on Friday, January 4, 2013 at 10:00 A.M. at Sacred Heart Church. Friends can gather at the funeral home at 9:30 A.M. for a procession to the church. Interment will follow the Mass at Calvary Cemetery. Condolences: www.blackcoopersander.com

Services to be held at Sacred Heart Church, Hollister (corner of Fifth & College) on Thursday, December 27, 2012, at 1:00 P.M.  To read more about Bill’s extraordinary life and sign his guest book, please visit: www.grunnagle.com/Obituaries.html.  In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Palma High School 919 Iverson St. Salinas, CA 93901 & Notre Dame High School 455 Palma Dr. Salinas, CA.

Vigil Friday, December 28, 2012 at 7:00 P.M. at Habing Family Funeral Home. Funeral Mass Saturday, December 29, 2012 at 10:00 A.M. at St. Mary’s Church, Gilroy. Burial will follow at Mt. Hope Memorial Park, Morgan Hill. Condolences at HabingFamilyFuneralHome.com

Gilroy Police Officers responded to an armed robbery at 7:39 p.m. Sunday at the Gavilan Market, located at 8110 Westwood Drive in Gilroy.

Free Lance sports editor Connor Ramey and Dispatch sports editor Tristan Aird sit down to talk about the top 10 sports stories of 2012 in Morgan Hill, Gilroy and San Benito County.

On Friday at 7:20 p.m., Billy Gidding, 31, was arrested for driving under the influence after losing control of his 1994 Chevrolet truck and careening into a tree on Wren Avenue near Antonio Del Buono Elementary School. Gilroy police arrested Gidding, who was taken to a nearby hospital and treated for minor injuries.

Gilroy soaked up 2.33 inches in the last 24 hours according to the rain gauge at Gilroy’s Chestnut fire station. All roads are open at this time.