Monthly Archives: January 2015

GILROY—The Cougars proved they’re no one’s baby sister anymore.

Instead of tapping on front doors, volunteers for a countywide census traversed alleyways, backstreets, parking lots and the woods of Gilroy Tuesday in search of those who try to be invisible—the homeless.

Firefighters have contained a residential fire that sparked just after noon Thursday in a home on the 2000 block of Pacheco Pass in Gilroy, CalFire Battalion Chief Jim Crawford said.

Something I’ve noticed about public high schools is that they tend to stick around for a really long time. Standing strong, these Grande Dames of academia continue turning out, year after year, tomorrow’s productive citizens.

Gizmo is a 7-month-old terrier who is very sweet, energetic, good with other dogs and knows some tricks. He is sponsored so his adoption fee has been waved. He is available for adoption at the San Martin Animal Shelter and would love to find his forever home. For more information, call (408) 686-3900.

As you walk up to Castillo Hillside Shire Winery, the scenery seems almost unreal. Upon arrival you’re guided to park in front of an ornate stone mansion and then walk up a paved hill surrounded by greenery on either side. You’ll notice a large pond to your right, named Vivienne’s Lagoon, after the owners’ daughter. You’ll pass an old barn that’s been converted into a guest home and finally you’ll arrive at a quaint little house fit for a Hollywood hobbit—this is the tasting room.

The Future City Competition is a national, project-based learning experience where students in sixth, seventh and eighth grade imagine, design and build cities of the future.

Poets celebrate

Three months after the Daughters of Charity Health System named their preferred buyer for medical facilities in South County, city councils in Gilroy and Morgan Hill still are mum