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Many regions of the country in the southern barbecue belt specialize in their own unique barbecue. Many of those different styles of barbecue can be found here in California. I appreciate these different styles, but it is high time we had our own unique barbecue. This week, I introduce a style of barbecue and sauce residents of the South Valley can finally call their own.

A recent newsletter of the Gilroy United Methodist Church contained an interesting article by Dispatch columnist Kat Teraji. She explained how the daughter of a former pastor (back in 1938) recently donated to the church “a wealth of artifacts and articles” from that time period.

Pinnacles National Park registered more than 237,000 visits in 2013, up from about 225,000 visits the prior year, according to a report issued last week.

San Benito County's unemployment rate dipped to 7.8 percent in June, a decline from the prior month and a drop from the same period in 2013.

Excessive nitrates ingested from the water supply are a serious public health threat. They can interfere with the ability of red blood cells to carry oxygen to the tissues of the body especially in infants and pregnant women. This threat exists at various times in more than 700 of California’s water supplies, primarily from fertilizer-related agriculture operations, but that is not the only source. There are three primary sources of nitrate contamination; agricultural/fertilizer operations, septic systems/waste, and natural erosion. Droughts do not cause nitrate contamination – the nitrates are either already in, and/or currently entering, the supply. The drought-reduced water levels in the aquifer can raise or lower the concentration depending on the where the nitrates are in the earth or water supply.

Who else is ready for the enormous annual gathering of people who love all things garlic? I know I sure am.

Joseph Kraut, Jr., 55, a Morgan Hill physician well-known and beloved by patients throughout southern Santa Clara County, died in a rock climbing accident at Pinnacles National Park on Tuesday, according to authorities.

Local actor Cesar Flores has landed a major role in a feature film called “The Mendoza Line” premiering in Hollister on July 30.

Today, a pop quiz. If you know someone who is a pilot and flies their own airplane, raise your hand. If you know someone who’s a pilot and owns a private invest-igation company, raise your hand. If you know a pilot who owns an investigation company and recently purchased a wine bar in downtown Morgan Hill, raise your hand.

For Hollister visitor Leonora Ching, life is a jar of pickles of the beets, okra, mango and, of course, cucumber variety.