Monthly Archives: July 2012
Gilroy Gardens gives check to City
Gilroy Gardens handed the City a check for $130,000, based on profit from last fiscal year during the regular July 16 Council meeting, inciting a dispute between Council members and staff on how that money should be spent.
Garlic Fest: Wild fun at the Teen Zone
Initial reaction to the Gilroy’s Garlic Festival’s latest addition was like a teenager’s mood swings: Up, down and changing from one minute to the next.
Garlic Festival kicks off, heats up
Garlic Festival President Hugh Davis thrust his fist in the air after he lit the first stove pilot on Gourmet Alley, whipping the crowd into a frenzy of cheers and whistles. Ladles of garlic and calamari lit up in flames on cast iron pans while volunteers danced to pulsing hip-hop beats.
James Leon Porter September 12, 1953 – June 29, 2012
James Leon Porter, known to everyone as “Jim” passed away June 29 at the age of 58 in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho of heart failure.
BOXING: Shoving match breaks out at Guerrero, Aydin weigh-in
Robert Guerrero and Selcuk Aydin almost came to blows at the conclusion of Friday's official bout weigh-in in San Jose, causing a brief shoving match on stage and building that much more tension and animosity ahead of the boxers' 12-round WBC Interim welterweight world title fight Saturday night.
WEAVER: The Ghost’s moment is now
I almost hesitate speaking of this. The journalists’ jinx can and will strike at any moment. Recognizing that, admitting it and respecting it, maybe, pads any consequence.
Summer Olympics: day-by-day viewing guide
The Summer Olympics have turned into an athletic monster. In contrast to the first modern Olympics, the 1896 Athens Games that had 241 participants from 14 countries competing in 43 events, the 2012 London Games will have close to 10,500 athletes from 200-plus nations going for gold in 302 contests.
