Is college debt keeping students away?
With the average college graduate buried beneath $25,000 in student loans in an economy darkened by rampant unemployment, pricey tuition rates elicit cynical farce from humor writers like Jarod Kintz, who scoffed, “I wouldn’t advise making a four-year commitment to eventually land an $8 an hour job.”
Crafting chaos
The grand opening of Hobby Lobby Friday was a family outing and a gathering of friends as much as it was a shopping excursion for the hundreds of the new store’s first customers who drove from all over the South Bay just to check out the new hobby supplies superstore.
Suspect ID’d in Sobrato apartment murder
The suspect in the July 22 murder of a 21-year-old man at Sobrato Transitional Apartments on Monterey Street is “actively avoiding” police contact – and because police have not obtained the handgun used in the shooting, he is considered armed and dangerous.
Gilroy firefighters assisting with 60,000 acre wildfire east of Redding
Four Gilroy firefighters are combating Chips Fire this week, a 68,582 acre wildfire blazing through the mountains east of Red Bluff, near Lassen National Park.
Party in the vineyard to help Habitat for Humanity
The seventh annual Coldwell Banker Habitat for Humanity fundraiser will be held from noon to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 12 at Fortino Winery in Gilroy. Lunch will be provided by The Westside Grill. Purchase tickets by Sept. 10 by calling Diane Baty at 408-848-7930 or Toni Morris at 408-848-7999.
