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If you have any pictures or video from the fourth annual Hollister Airshow on Saturday or Sunday, we would like to publish them online and possibly in the newspaper.

Crews from the Gilroy and Morgan Hill Fire Departments, South Santa Clara Fire District and Calfire responded to a roughly 40-acre vegetation fire at Frazier Lake Road and Bloomfield Avenue in Gilroy this afternoon. At around 3:30 p.m. firefighters were working on "cutting off the head," or containing the head of the fire, according to an employee from Treehaven station on Hecker Pass Road.

The VFW Post 9242 is requesting volunteers to help with a Memorial Day event on May 27 and with the upcoming Hollister Motorcycle Rally, from July 3-7.

The Portuguese community in Hollister hosted its annual celebration May 18, with the queen's coronation and dance. A parade was held May 19 from the hall to Sacred Heart Church for mass.

For 65-year-old Sue Slate, motorcycles aren’t just a form of transportation. The two-wheeled bikes are a way of life and something she has never been without. 

The California Department of Parks and Recreation has some advice for unhappy campers struggling to find a campsite for Memorial Day Weekend. People who left it to the last minute to try and get a prime spot at beach and coastal campsites are asked to consider campgrounds farther inland or north, said Roy Stearns of the Parks and Rec Department.

You will probably never see four more hard working actors that play the dozens of roles in this San Jose Rep's offering. This is an edgy, dark, sometimes humorous production. Director Kirsten Brandt (also the Rep's associate artistic director), shows the patience of a stern understanding mother, she moves her characters at times with the force of a hurricane into a gentle breeze of a summer day. She had to have a definite deep attachment for this work to not only direct it but also adapt it from Christopher Marlow's original play for the Rep's stage. This was no easy task.

HONORS

Dozens of first responders were recognized for saving lives in San Benito County this week as part of EMS week, including one citizen hero. The San Benito County Board of supervisors declared May 19-25 as EMS Week with May 22 as EMS Children’s Day.

Two Hollister Girl Scouts are doing their part to help literacy, and they can use your help.