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Gilroy – A project to widen U.S. Highway 101 from south Gilroy to State Route 25 is a top candidate to pull down funds from $4.5 billion earmarked for statewide road improvements, according to officials at the California Department of Transportation.

Morgan Hill – South County got a geological jolt at 9:43am Wednesday, when a minor earthquake hit five miles northeast of San Martin. The rumble measured 3.5 on the Richter scale: enough to nudge some residents out of their daydreams, but too weak to knock cans from the shelves at Nob Hill Foods, where employees said they didn't even feel it.