Group files petition for charter school
A Gilroy-based charter school that this week has been touting its high API scores submitted a petition to open a similar school in Hollister for the 2013-14 school year. Gilroy Charter School Principal James Dent and another representative presented the petition during the public comment period at the Hollister School District board meeting Aug. 28.
Vigil Wednesday night for missing teen Sierra LaMar
Volunteers as well as friends and family of Sierra LaMar will have a vigil at City Hall Wednesday to raise funds for the ongoing efforts to find the missing teen, and to bring awareness to her disappearance which is approaching the six-month mark.
Carolyn Ann Shaffer December 24, 1947 – August 21, 2012
Passed away peacefully in Gilroy, CA on August 21, 2012, after a short but strong battle with Lung Cancer. Born in Watsonville, CA., wife and homemaker to Herschel Frank Shaffer for 44 years.She was a devoted Mom to Doug (Lynn), Stacey and Frankie and Grandma to her granddaughters Taylor and Brooke- "The light of her life." She would drive to Hollister from Los Banos everyday to watch Taylor and Brooke and pick them up at Tres Pinos School every day. She was and always will be- a huge part in their lives and will be missed dearly.
Vendors yank produce from farmers’ market
Produce vendors are pulling out of the Gilroy farmers’ market due to low shopper turnout on Sundays, a trend Market Manager Kersty Daniels fears will continue as patronage remains inconsistent.
Winery owners, county at odds
A series of workshops aimed at bolstering agritourism, enhancing the viability of wineries and clarifying existing laws that regulate the wine industry – a heated process that's left several local vintners feeling like they’ve “been had” under the “pretense of (the county) helping us” – is wrapping up after 12 months and more than a dozen meetings.
SEASON PREVIEW: Christopher High football
Expectations. Three years ago, head coach Tim Pierleoni gathered a bunch of bright-eyed freshmen and sophomores for a meeting at Brownell Middle School and laid out an extensive list of goals. The Christopher High football team's 2011 league championship season – in year three – may have taken everyone on the opposite sideline by surprise. But among the CHS players and coaching staff, it was exactly what was envisioned when the program opened in 2009.
