Don't miss CMAP's Garlic Festival video coverage on Gilroy Patch from Friday through Sunday, starting at 5 p.m., streaming online at www.cmap.tv and on cable channel 20.
On Wednesday, April 11, community leaders took the reigns, organizing and leading the search for Sierra.
The psychopath lacks conscience, empathy and the ability to love or relate to people on a human level. They can kill in the morning and get on with their day.
GreatNonprofits.org released today its first ever list of top-rated nonprofits in Gilroy, which Patch.com readers can use to discover top-rated nonprofits to give, volunteer, or intern with.
Even during the early days of KlaasKids involvement, doubts began to invade my thoughts and dreams. Will we ever find Sierra?
Death penalty abolitionists have powerful friends in the media and together they have concocted a PR campaign that has convinced many our death rows are filled with innocent men and women.
There are numerous ways to demonstrate the deterrent effect of the death penalty. Here are a few of them.
Krystine Dinh lost her beloved cousin Michelle Le in September 2011 and only six months later has become a fierce advocate for Sierra LaMar.
Don't be fooled by phony arguments and fake statistics: if the death penalty is broken, mend it, don’t end it.
Rotten fruit falls close to the tree...very close.
Proposition 35 will attack human sex trafficking and update Megan's Law for the 21st Century.
Car wash baby!!! By the time the last car passed through the lot at around 3 p.m. more than 100 had been washed and $1,300 had been raised.
Michael Le has created meaning out of the recent loss of his sister, Michelle.
Kidnapping is a high stakes, middle-of-the-night gambit that has little chance for success, but it's a scenario that has been played out far too often.
On day four of the search, a local business lays a big bet on the KlaasKids Foundation.
CMAP Executive Director, Kathy Bisbee, shares her story about being a descendant of John Hart, who was a signer of the Declaration of Independence. CMAP promotes free speech with citizen storytelling.
Sheriff's deputies recent visit to the Find Sierra Search Center provided a morale boost to the search volunteers! But would it bring us closer to finding Sierra?
What inspires volunteers to commit to a missing child search when they know the odds of a successful recovery are stacked against them? Here are the many reasons, in their own words!
Here's my version of painting outside of the box.
Today was about routine. People were getting to know each other. As yesterday’s chaos subsided, the Find Sierra Search Center bloomed like a summer rose.
On March 28, the first day of searches organized by the KlaasKids Foundation, 583 volunteers showed up to look for Sierra LaMar.
The Sierra LaMar Internet hoaxes are the product of a malicious, weak mind and bring a degree of shame on a community that has otherwise responded to her plight heroically.
This is the first installment of KlaasKids Foundation efforts on behalf of Sierra LaMar. The search center was not yet open. Volunteer searches would begin the next day.
On Friday, June 22, service providers for the homeless came together for Project Homeless Connect. 183 people attended, but none found the help they needed most -- a safe place to sleep that night.
If your children were being serially victimized and law enforcement refused to intervene, what would you do? One dad is hailed a national hero, the other is being charged with murder.
Close to 8,000 search volunteers have been dispatched on 750 search assignments covering a 20-mile radius around Sierra’s home, but we haven’t found anything relevant to her disappearance.
There are significant signs that indicate it's time to purchase a home.
Summer digital media camps for youth in Gilroy and Hollister through CMAP will be available at our downtown Gilroy and Hollister locations.
Midsi Sanchez is not a household name like Jaycee Dugard, but she is a kidnap survivor. Unlike Jaycee, Midsi demonstrated extraordinary courage during her darkest moment and affected her own escape.
New, free app HomeSnap tells you everything about a home, including square footage, number of bedrooms/bathrooms, estimated price and more.
The essence of the art photography by Luis Franco Sr. is how he looks, sees and shares the abstract designs that nature provides.
CMAP worked with youth and adults in Santa Clara County who are working to create Tobacco Retail Licenses in their communities.
Voting by mail is great because you can take your time to figure out how you want to vote.
Positive thinking and hardwork pay off when you want to put on a show!
Gilroy Farmers Markey begins its second year this weekend.
Donations of clothing and toiletries supplies are needed for people who are homeless! The Gilroy Compassion Center, run entirely by volunteers, is open from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Obama deserves to brag about taking out bin Laden on this first anniversary of his execution. The world is a better place today and President Obama should get a parade.
The difference between a stromboli and calzone is that one is rolled, while the other is more like turn over, but both are Italian and have simular ingredients.
Don't limit yourself from learning more, even if the subject is something you think you "already know everything" about.
Come celebrate the grand opening of CMAP's new downtown office during a celebratory and informational event on Thursday, May 3rd, from 6-8 p.m. in downtown Gilroy.