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While some people have a love affair with coffee, Morgan Hill resident Nick Langone and Gilroy High School alumna Brianna Holladay have a love story that blossomed over cups of coffee – thousands of them.

The Santa Clara Valley Water District’s rain gauge at Uvas Canyon Park measured 1.62 inches of rain in the last week, and the gauge at Loma Prieta hauled in 0.95 inches, according to a report from the Santa Clara County Farm Bureau.

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.