Who gets the dog?
When couples break up, fighting over flatscreens and wine collections is part of the process. But who gets the dog?
POTW: Lele
Hi, I'm Lele (86472), a 4 year old Maltese mix. I'm handsome. I'm funny. I'm smart. And I'm a sucker for treats. What more could you ask for? You and I might be made for each other. Come and visit me at HSSV's Animal Community today! Visit the Humane Society Silicon Valley, 901 Ames Ave., Milpitas, or call (408) 262-2133.
John Bonifacino September 16, 1954 – April 23, 2012
John H. Bonifacino III, from Broomfield, CO. passed away peacefully surrounded by his wife Jenny and two daughters, Andrea and Stephany.
9 Lives Club holds ribbon cutting
9 Lives Club and the Gilroy Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting April 12 at the club’s location at 7430 Monterey St. in Gilroy. There are weekly comedy and music shows from some of the area’s top performers. The 4,500 square foot venue can accommodate 300 guests. Their goal is to make anyone that walks through the doors feel the positive energy and great vibe in the room. Enjoy pizza, hot dogs, soft drinks and beer while watching the shows. Details: ninelivesclub.com
Former MACSA officials turn themselves in
Two former leaders of the Mexican American Community Services Agency who allegedly used employees’ retirement savings for school supplies, a salary raise, a YMCA membership, food from local supermarkets, computers, office supplies and other general operating costs turned themselves in last week on charges of felony grand theft.
Healing place for the soul
If libraries are in fact, “a healing place of the soul” – as the axiom inscribed above the entrance to a library in Thebes, Ancient Greece aptly declares – Gilroy’s brand-new library is one powerful elixir.
A century in the library started by Carnegie
Given prominent front page coverage on Nov. 11, 1905, the Gilroy Advocate newspaper exclaimed “Library Site Promised!”
Shhh it’s the library: How teens can be teens in the new building
After years of hearing “shhh!” at the Gilroy Library, teens can now be teens. In the old and interim library building, boisterous teens would often get hushed by older patrons, and sometimes even asked to leave by staff.
Green, and the envy of all other libraries
Unlike San Francisco’s California Academy of Sciences – an architectural marvel widely revered for its 197,000-square-foot “living rooftop” adorned by a tapestry of native plant species – one of Gilroy’s most eco-friendly edifices doesn’t outwardly flaunt its environmental virtue.
