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An Afrikaner Butternut Tart and Mahi-mahi Laulau with Shiitake Risotto are among the gastronomic tours de force that will battle it out during the Great Garlic Cook-Off at the 35th Gilroy Garlic Festival July 27.

State Park officials recently unveiled the “Parks Forward” initiative that will assess California's underfunded state parks system and eventually provide ways to make state parks economically viable again.

Hecker Pass is closed between Watsonville Road in Gilroy and Carlton Road in Watsonville until about 2 p.m. today due to a downed power pole, according to the California Highway Patrol traffic incident information page. Snapped power lines and phone lines are blocking east and westbound lanes, according to CHP.

When local landscape artist Janet Vanderhoof was walking home from a Christmas family dinner in 2011, she heard an inner voice tell her: “You’re going to paint 100 paintings.”

Santa Clara County residents are being urged to throw out any Townsend Farms Organic Antioxidant Blend of frozen berries they have at home after a multi-state outbreak of Hepatitis A. The product was sold at Costco stores until it was taken off store shelves.

Approximately 110 furry creatures found homes last weekend, when animal lovers flocked to Maddie's Pet Adoption Days at the Santa Clara County Animal Shelter in search of canine companions and feline friends.