Community

After 70 years of serving low-income, high risk youth in San Jose, the Boys & Girls Club of Silicon Valley is coming to South County and bringing with it an arsenal of beneficial programs.

South County was hit with about a half inch of rainfall Thursday, and there is more to come, according to forecaster Bob Benjamin of the National Weather Service.

In an effort to help raise funds for a local family that lost its home and belongings to a fire, the City of Morgan Hill’s Youth Action Council will host a Zumba Fitness fundraiser Feb. 7 at the Community Cultural Center.

More than 41,000 blood donations are needed across the nation every day but donations tend to slow down in the holiday months, even though accidents happen all year long.

A record low 1.46 inches of rainfall in Gilroy over the calendar year makes 2013 the “driest year on record” dating back to 1957, according to forecaster Steve Anderson of the National Weather Service.

While riding his orange Kubota tractor at approximately 2:30 p.m. Dec. 9, Steve Alexander, who lives roughly three miles east of Saint Louise Regional Hospital in rural Gilroy, saw a mountain lion cross his path just 40 feet away.

Thirty years ago, an active local nonprofit organization started a modest holiday giving campaign that provided a few local families in need with food baskets.