Passport Weekend a vin-vin
A gloomy weather forecast didn’t dampen drinkers from venturing out en masse Saturday and Sunday for South County’s biannual extravaganza devoted to drinking wine, making new friends, and... drinking more wine!
Rain or shine, it’s Passport time
Entertainment: Live Music on Saturday by Lauren Ashley and Sunday by David Johnson.
Foreclosure consulting firm owners convicted of defrauding homeowners
Rene Alvarez and Mariano Ortega, the co-owners of M & R Contemporary Solutions, a Campbell foreclosure consulting firm, pled guilty and no contest Monday to theft and foreclosure fraud charges. The charges related to a scheme that, over a year, bilked about 400 mainly Hispanic homeowners out of close to $2 million.
Hoey Ranch re-opens for the spring
What many locals will recognize as the cheerful red barn (visible off Hecker Pass Highway, not far from Syngenta Flowers) is opening back up for the season this Friday.
ROUNDUP: Gilroy softball topples Santa Teresa
A three-run first inning and a solid outing in the circle from Lauren Castro propelled the Gilroy High softball team to a 4-1 triumph over Santa Teresa on Thursday in Gilroy.
Claddagh’s success no stroke of luck
As a certain anonymous adage goes, “there are only two kinds of people in the world: The Irish, and those who wish they were.”
BASKETBALL: Ballers bounce opponents for tourney title
The Gilroy-Morgan Hill National Junior Basketball Ballers won the All-Net Silicon Valley championship Sunday at Valley Christian High School.
ESKRIMA: Pulido leads local group of four national champions
Grand Master Linda Pulido, a 13-time mixed martial arts world champion, has a question.
BBQ and bocce…yes, please
The Annual Spring Lamb Bocce Tournament and Barbecue benefitting the Stanford Ronald McDonald House will take place at 3 p.m. May 5, located at Campo di Bocce Restaurant at 565 University Ave. in Los Gatos.
REC BASKETBALL: Tony’s Cronies move into first place
Tony's Cronies swept to a 3-0 record in the Men's Spring Basketball League standings Wednesday with a 63-50 victory over Recology at Solorsano Gymnasium.