Colleague accuses Alejo of not reciting ‘Pledge” in legislative sessions
Local Assemblyman Luis Alejo is considering filing an ethics complaint against a Bakersfield assemblywoman for charging at a fundraiser that he doesn't say the Pledge of Allegiance during legislative sessions.
Kathleen Nolan Smith December 28, 1948 – April 3, 2012
Kathleen Nolan Smith was born December 28, 1948 in Scotia, CA, and passed away April 3, 2012 in Gilroy, CA. She graduated from Humboldt State University, and received her teaching credential from UC Santa Cruz. Education was her passion. She was a substitute teacher and served on the GUSD School Board.
Diablo Cody’s ‘Young Adult’ keeps the comedy dark
“Young Adult” is not so much a comedy as it is an awkward look at a woman who wants her life to be as simple as young adult fiction. There are funny moments in the movie, but mostly Mavis Gray (Charlize Theron) will make viewers cringe and want to look away from the train wreck.
BASEBALL: CHS begins critical four-game stretch with win
Leading into Wednesday's slate of games, the Christopher High baseball team had established a 6-0 Monterey Bay League mark, outscoring the league's lower-tier teams 62-11 in the process.
DA: Felony grand theft charges for MACSA leaders
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 are being charged with felony grand theft and could face up to three years in prison, Santa Clara County's District Attorney Jeff Rosen announced Thursday morning.
Jenny Velasco Gaeta May 23, 1983 – April 14, 2012
Jenny Velasco Gaeta was born and raised in Los Angeles, CA. She moved to Gilroy at the age of fourteen. She attended Gilroy High School and Gavilan College.
Educator, novelist, black belt appointed to Gavilan board
The Gavilan College School Board had some big shoes to fill following the recent death of late trustee Mike Davenport, whose March 2 passing left a vacancy on the college’s seven-person school board.
Animal artwork raises funds, creates awareness
They’re not paintings of animals, but paintings by animals. Koko the gorilla, Elepha the elephant, Jello the penguin and Koopa the turtle are just a few of the animal kingdom’s Picassos, Monets and Pollocks. These are animals who actually paint by beak, mouth, paw, flipper or trunk. Some can actually hold a paint brush and others create art hands-on in the same way that children fingerpaint.
DA silent on possible charges against MACSA
The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office will issue a Public Integrity Unit Decision Thursday regarding the Mexican American Community Services Agency, a San Jose-based organization known as MACSA whose former Gilroy charter school leaders are being investigated for misappropriation and embezzlement of school funds.
