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Free Lance sports editor Connor Ramey and Dispatch sports editor Tristan Aird sit down to talk about the 2012-13 boys basketball season inside the MBL's Gabilan Division. Also, Sobrato and Anzar basketball.

The Gilroy Police Department received multiple calls around 9:33 p.m. Monday regarding a subject who had been shot near Old Gilroy and Alexander streets. Officers arrived at the scene and located the victim lying in the middle of the street, according to a GPD press release.

During a three-day sting targeting illegal outdoor marijuana gardens last week, authorities with the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s office removed miles of irrigation tubes, cleaned up four tons of trash and destroyed the infrastructure of numerous cultivation sites in South County, police said.

Molasses is a 15-year-old tortie cat and Flower is a 13-year-old calico cat. They are both sweet and would make great lap cats. They would be best as the only cat in the household. They have been at the San Martin Shelter for several months. If you are interested in adopting an animal, please call (408) 686-3900.

After months of working its way through the House of Representatives and into the Senate, a bill to make Pinnacles National Monument into a national park was approved this week and awaits the signature of President Barack Obama to make it official.

The Gilroy Demonstration Garden, located on Eigleberry Street between Sixth and Seventh streets in downtown Gilroy, was recently offered a generous matching gift opportunity in the amount of $10,000.

Taylor Fabing scored 14 points to lead San Benito High’s girls basketball team to a 38-34 victory over Christopher in the consolation bracket final of the Del Mar Tournament on Saturday.