Monthly Archives: March 2017

Iceland, which had one of the worst epidemics of teen drinking and drug use 20 years ago, has had a huge turnaround, largely by using things we consider common sense.

Students at Eliot Elementary School erupted into squeals of delight Monday morning as Buttercup a 1,000-pound Holstein cow from San Martin, made her appearance during a special assembly.

A former Gilroy High School teacher has been sentenced to time served, or 16 months of a possible 11-year prison term, for soliciting nude photos of young boys and other sex crimes.

The first difference Alexandra Aga, 17, noticed on her first visit to Gilroy from Moscow was that people here wear shoes indoors.

After 11 years of lattes and au laits, mochas and macchiatos, Konni Thomas is giving up the grind at her First Street Coffee House clutch and selling the popular java joint.

Marijuana may be legal in California, but to federal officials it’s as illegal as cocaine, warned Philip Griego, an attorney who briefed Gilroy business people on marijuana in the workplace Wednesday.

Henry E. Hidalgo, 67, passed away Tuesday, March 28, 2017, surrounded by his loving family. Born July 21, 1949, in San Jose, Henry was the eighth of ten children born to Rafael and Josepha Hidalgo. Early in his life he struggled to overcome the diagnosis and effects of Polio, which left him with life-long physical challenges.

Anna Marie Dooling passed away at her home in Hollister at the age of 92 years old. She was the mother of Dan Dooling, Pat Dooling of Hollister, Cheryl Large and son-in-law John Large of Los Banos. She had five grandchildren, 14 great grandchildren, and five great great grandchildren. A mass of the resurrection will be held on Thursday, March 30, 2017 at 11:00am, at Immaculate Conception Church in Tres Pinos.

Born in Kellogg, Idaho to Anton and Myrtle Kapus, Marlys was raised in Duluth, MN where her father had a Dodge Plymouth agency. She had fond memories of traveling in Pullman train cars with her father in the 1940's.