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Guglielmo Winery in east Morgan Hill will celebrate its milestone 90th anniversary Sept. 12.

Morgan Hill is number one for water conservation over the first half of 2015, according to statistics provided by the Santa Clara Valley Water District.

As temperatures continue to hover in the 90s after peaking a triple digits earlier this week, one of the hottest places to stay cool this summer is the Morgan Hill Aquatics Center. But the swim facility that boasts three pools, water slides, fountains and geysers isn’t just for members every day, as the center welcomes day visitors and, on at least one day in August, free admission for residents.

Today’s high temperatures, pushing triple digits throughout southern Santa Clara Valley, were only the start of a three-day warm spell to hit the area, according to Forecaster Duane Dykema of the National Weather Service.

Join Jeff Mitchell, publisher of New SV Media, Inc. (Morgan Hill Times, Gilroy Dispatch and Hollister Free Lance,) and Bobbi Jo Palmer, publisher of Out & About Magazine, for "Coffee with the Publishers" from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Aug. 8 at Fifth Street Coffee, 7501 Monterey Road, Gilroy; Aug. 15 at GVA, 17400 Monterey St., Morgan Hill; and Aug. 22 at Heavenly Bakery, 601 San Benito St., Hollister. Here's your opportunity to let the publishers know how they're doing and how they can improve. For information, call (408) 842-6400.

Local author Jordan Rosenfeld packed the house with literary enthusiasts for her July 25 book launch at Booksmart in Morgan Hill for her latest novel entitled “Women In Red.”

Garlic ice cream is one of the Gilroy Garlic Festival’s perennial favorite mainstay attractions or, depending on who you ask, maybe it’s just one of those food items you have to try once in order to feel adventurous.Samplings of garlic ice cream are offered for free all day, every day throughout the three-day festival that celebrates all things garlic at Christmas Hill Park in Gilroy. First-time tasters and garlic ice cream lovers who would sneak through the line for a second or third serving offered to describe their feelings toward the frozen, sweet and spicy treat Friday, July 24, the first day of the 37th annual festival.“It’s edible. You can taste the ice cream in it,” Tom Aguilar, who is stationed with the Air Force in New Jersey but is visiting family in town, said dryly. “I probably wouldn’t buy it, but it’s not as bad as it sounds.”It was Aguilar’s first time eating garlic ice cream. “He eats it all the time,” he added, pointing at his nephew Logan Guerrero of Gilroy, who hurried to finish his cone before it melted under the sun.Patty Gillespie, a first-time Garlic Festival attendee from Clovis, said, “It’s OK. It tastes more vanilla than garlic.”Lina Craighill, a Gilroy native who lives in Santa Monica, was also attending the festival and sampling the ice cream for the first time. She is in town visiting high school friends from alma mater Christopher High School.“It tastes like a normal meal, but it’s cold,” Craighill said.Rose Myers, attending the Garlic Festival with husband Lee Myers from San Jose, enjoyed garlic dessert.“It’s a very fun day and the ice cream adds to these spirits,” Rose said.Zoe Mason, 13 of Redwood City, was visiting the Gilroy festival with family and friends, some of whom drove all night from their home in Phoenix, Ariz. for the summer visit.“It was good,” Mason said of the ice cream. “I expected the garlic to be more overpowering, but it wasn’t.”Warren Yuers, of Sebastopol, said he is “not too crazy about it” as he exited the end of the garlic ice cream line with friend Mike Hawthorne. Yuers declined a sample, but Hawthorne enjoyed it.“It’s totally not what you expect,” Hawthorne said. “It’s sweet on a hot day. Cold is good. Free is good.”The two were looking forward to seeing their friends’ band, Sean Wiggins and Lone Goat, who were scheduled to play on the festival’s Vineyard stage from 2:30 to 4 p.m.Frida and Angel Ortiz, of Milpitas, tasted garlic ice cream for the first time Friday.“It’s very good,” Frida said. “It’s sweet, yet you can really taste the garlic.”Angel added, “It’s something different. It’s pretty unique.”Tim Roby, of Whittier, said he thought the ice cream taste “starts out vanilla, and (the garlic) is not really strong.”“I kind of enjoy it,” added the first-time festival goer. “I might buy some.”The Gilroy Garlic Festival continues Saturday, July 25 and Sunday, July 26, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. each day. For more information, visit gilroygarlicfestival.com.

A second bid for the failing Daughters of Charity Healthcare System, which includes Gilroy’s Saint Louise Regional Hospital and Morgan Hill’s De Paul Medical Center, will once again be placed under the microscope of the state attorney general’s office in the coming months.

United Academy of Martial Arts instructors, students and their families celebrated their biennial black belt test Jan. 19 at Britton Middle School. It was UAMA’s 39th black belt test since the studio opened in downtown Morgan Hill in 1992, according to UAMA instructor Mollie Clampitt.“All of these individuals have conquered some major obstacles to earn their black belts,” Clampitt said. “They all have to pass the presidential fitness requirements by 80 percent (mile time, sit-ups and push-ups) or higher, must have a 3.0 GPA in academics, break boards & concrete and earn at least an 80 percent or higher on their Tae Kwon Do requirements. They must also get an approval form signed by parents and teachers stating that they demonstrate self-discipline, focus, and respect, and are worthy of testing for their black belt.”At the July 19 black belt test, seven students earned their first degree black belts, two earned their junior second degrees and two earned their senior third degrees, Clampitt added. They ranged in age from 10 to 18.UAMA recently moved out of its downtown location to 330 Digital Drive in north Morgan Hill.

Based on an apparent drop in sales and foot traffic at downtown businesses since the city’s “complete streets” trial on Monterey Road started, the Morgan Hill Chamber of Commerce is urging the city to keep the street in its original two-lane configuration.