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A motivational speaker last week had San Benito High School teachers and administrators dancing at their tables, hyperventilating over vocabulary and fired up about increasing state test scores in local schools.

A number of San Benito County wineries were honored in the 2012 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition, which bills itself as the largest competition of American wines in the world. A record 5,500 entries competed for medals that were awarded by a panel of 65 judges, with winners announced Friday.

The Santa Clara County Sheriff's Department says a man was shot and killed in an unincorporated area just east of Gilroy Saturday morning.

Racial tensions and segregation concerns over an affordable housing proposal on the west side added to an already chaotic public hearing Tuesday, as city council members repeatedly traded barbs with speakers and fostered an open, heated dialogue that defied open-meeting rules.

Someone who purchased a Mega Millions lottery ticket in Gilroy won $92,554 during the Jan. 3 drawing - but that person isn't aware of his/her good fortune, or just hasn't gotten around to claiming it yet.

Ahoy, garlicky royalty hopefuls of 2012: The time is nigh to fill out and submit your applications for the 34th annual Gilroy Garlic Festival Queen Pageant.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California Gov. Jerry Brown unveiled his new budget plan, calling for a painful $4.8 billion cut in public school funds if voters reject a proposed tax hike that he hopes to put on the ballot in November.

Six months after late rains pelted South County with buckets of surplus moisture, local growers and ranchers are now feeling left out to dry.

The Hollister man accused of a Christmas stabbing homicide is scheduled for a preliminary setting Jan. 26.

The Hollister man accused of using social networking websites to meet and rape two suspected victims has a preliminary examination set for 8:30 a.m. Monday, according to court records.