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Have you ever driven down a street you use all the time and notice something you’ve never seen before? Has that charming little house down the road always been there? It’s funny how we can go through life with blinders on. Funnier still is how we can live in an area for years and know next to nothing about local history. There is more to Gilroy than just garlic.

Ollie is a 9-year-old “bullseye” tabby who enjoys greeting visitors, treats and being pet. He is friendly with other cats and ready for a forever home. His adoption fee, like other cats older than 5, is $20 in order to encourage adopters to consider an older feline friend. For more information, call (831) 634-1191 or visit PetFriends.org.

At Mount Madonna School, sixth- and seventh-grade world history students and teacher Tiffany Wayne recently studied prehistoric cave art. As part of their inquiry into what clues historians and archaeologists can find about the past, students viewed images and videos of ancient art and artifacts and analyzed the meanings of different markings and symbols. Next, students borrowed some charcoal from the art classroom and were able to take advantage of the campus' outdoor environment to create their own prehistoric art. Mount Madonna School is located at 491 Summit Road. For more information, call (408) 847-2717.

Hollister police need the public's help in identifying a suspect from a burglary last Friday at the Community Food Bank building on San Felipe Road.

San Juan Bautista council members Tuesday delayed consideration of a new sign ordinance barring such signs as those that are animated, portable or freestanding billboards.

San Juan Bautista council members voted 3-2 to endorse the Measure J initiative on the Nov. 4 ballot.

San Juan Bautista officials in August reinstated a long-held ban against franchise businesses, but an exemption in that 2007 version of the law allows the city to approve franchise businesses such as the proposed, debated gas station at Windmill Market, the city manager told the Free Lance.

San Juan Bautista Councilman Tony Boch gave a standard report at Tuesday's council meeting about the latest Council of San Benito County Governments board meeting he attended and reported that "nothing affecting San Juan" happened there.

San Juan Bautista officials Tuesday discussed a fire caused by explosion to a camper Oct. 13 at The Alameda.

Read the latest blotter items as reported by the Hollister Police Department.