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You know that nagging feeling you get when you’ve forgotten something? And you’re pretty sure it’s something big, but you just can’t quite remember? And pretty soon you start thinking about it every day, wondering if the thing you forgot is super serious and the FBI is going to swing by your house one day?

This is quite simply the most difficult edition of The Flavor Chronicle I have ever written. My grandmother, the person I attribute with teaching me how to cook and my muse behind many of my columns, passed away a few weeks ago. There have been so many memories flooding back to my mind these past few weeks, many of which have been food-related memories. I want to share a few of those memories and one of my grandma’s recipes, which every grandmother of Italian heritage holds close to her heart.

Gavilan baseball recorded its fifth straight win, blanking Canada College 8-0 Tuesday on the road. 

GILROY—Tuesday’s game quickly spiraled out of the Rams’ control, and by the time they got a handle on it, it was too late.

The third Wine & Beer Stroll put on by the Hollister Downtown Association is set for 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. May 2. Participating businesses will be paired with a local winery or craft brewery where attendees will be poured a one-ounce taste of wine or beer.

Pamela Ryalls-Boyd, Owner of Decorating Den Interiors in Morgan Hill, CA was the recipient of a 2nd Place Award in the Decorative Hardware & Trims Category at the prestigious 2015 Envision Design and Ingenuity Workroom Competition, presented by Windows Fashion Vision magazine. The 31st annual “best of the best” awards ceremony was the culmination of the central competition that recognizes excellence in the design and fabrication of custom window treatments. This one-of-a-kind competition is the “Academy Awards™” of the window covering industry.

Eric Barron was near perfect on the mound for Gavilan Thursday. 

February brought South Valley some ultra-warm winter days. Folks headed to the beach and packed into frozen yogurt shops as outdoor temperatures soared near 80.

Caltrans is planning work next week on a five-mile section on Highway 156 from San Juan Bautista to Hollister.

What do you get when you stir up a burping ogre with a flatulence problem, a cheeky donkey, a sassy cookie, a delightful heroine, an optimistic Pinocchio, an egocentric villain you love to hate and just about all the fairy tale characters you can get under one roof? You get “Shrek the Musical.”