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Monthly Archives: August 2015

Healthstyles: Rethinking Photoshop

Recently, a friend who has a teenager brought up concerns about the prevalence of digitally enhanced, or Photoshopped, images in the media. Indeed, barely a day goes by without some celebrity or magazine causing a frenzy for publishing a picture that Photoshopped an already beautiful human being.

Casey Alana Adams February 19, 1990 – July 23, 2015

A Memorial Service will be held Saturday, August 8, 2015, at 1:00 P.M., at Apostles Lutheran Church, 5828 Santa Teresa Blvd., San Jose, CA.

To the Top: Local hikers tackle Mount Hoffman challenge

Proposition: Step away from your busy personal life for a three-day out of town trip; drive five hours to a Yosemite mountain trailhead.

Red Barn advocates seek access to make ‘modest’ repairs

GILROY—A community group that rallied to halt the demolition of an old barn inside Christmas Hill Park has asked the city’s permission to enter the boarded-up structure to shore it up and prevent any further weather or animal-related damage.

USSSA Baseball: Pac-Coast 2-2 in World Series tourney

CHINO HILLS—The Pac-Coast U11 baseball team sits at 2-2 through two days of play in the USSSA World Series.

Marilyn Rose Blaustein August 27, 1943 – August 4, 2015

Please join the family for a viewing and service beginning at 10:00 A.M., on Saturday, August 15, 2015, at Johnson Funeral Home, 17720 Monterey Street, Morgan Hill, CA to say goodbye to Marilyn Rose Blaustein. Interment to follow at Oak Hill Memorial Park, 300 Curtner Ave., San Jose, CA. Deceased's funeral arrangements: Johnson Funeral Home.

Paul Mirelez April 2, 1942 – August 4, 2015

Evening Service Monday, August 10, 2015 - 7:00 P.M., at Habing Family Funeral Home. Funeral Service Tuesday, at 10:00 A.M., at the New Hope Community Church, at 8886  Muraoka Drive, Gilroy, CA. Burial to follow at Gavilan Hills Memorial Park, Gilroy. Condolences at HabingFamilyFuneralHome.com.

USSSA Baseball: Pac-Coast opens World Series at 2-0

CHINO HILLS—The Pac-Coast 11U baseball team opened the USSSA World Series tournament with a bang. The Gilroy-based squad went a perfect 2-0 on Tuesday, notching wins over Park Bums and the East Los Angeles Athletics.

Gilroy Prep charter school’s future is on the line

GILROY—A Gilroy charter school that’s among the state’s top performers is the target of a Gilroy Unified School District probe that found dozens of problems ranging from misused funds to failures to support special needs students and Hispanic families.

‘No room’ for illegal gambling in Gilroy, DA says

GILROY—The owner of the Gilroy Bizzness Center, which was closed down by police one week after opening its doors, has pleaded no contest in court to charges of illegal gambling nearly two years after the store was permanently shuttered.