Speno joins accounting firm
Jennifer Speno has joined John Blaettler Accountancy Corporation as a fully-licensed Certified Public Accountant. As staff accountant, she will be responsible for ongoing client support as well as new business development. Speno holds a bachelor's degree in accounting from San Jose State University and a California CPA license. She previously worked as an auditor at PricewaterhouseCoopers, where she specialized in life science and venture capital clients. Speno grew up in Gilroy and was Gilroy Garlic Festival Queen in 1987 and went on to serve as president of the 2005 Gilroy Garlic Festival. Speno is also a Leadership Gilroy graduate and a member of the Gilroy Assistance League (GALs) and Gilroy Rotary Club. She lives in Gilroy with her husband Jeff and their two children, Lindsay and Bradley.
Newsom outlines plan for state budget deficit
California is in a budget hole, its depth measured not in feet, but in dollars.
How deep? A projected $38 billion deficit, according to Gov. Gavin Newsom, who said Jan. 10 he will declare a fiscal emergency when necessary and unveiled his initial plan to...
Big-Killing Burt vs. Tax-Advantaged Tom
Big-Killing Burt lived in an estate home in an exclusive area of southern California. He had made a huge profit from a small company that he invested all his money in. Burt is the type of investor who is willing to take the kind of risks most investors shy away from.
Local briefs: Coast suspends dividend
The Coast Distribution System, based in Morgan Hill, announced
Gilroy’s exotic Oaxacan market and restaurant serves rare specialties
Oaxaca is thought to be the gourmet food capital of Mexico, with dishes that mix food from the native tribes surrounding one of the country’s southernmost states with colonial Spanish-style cooking.
Betabel node developer changes plans from commercial to housing
The owner of a 23-acre property on Highway 101—where the Betabel Commercial Development proposal has been the subject of an environmental study and lawsuit—recently filed an application to change plans to allow hundreds of new homes.
Property owner McDowell Family Trust and architect Henry Ruhnke...

















