Recruiting new voters
Christopher High School Principal Jeremy Dirks, at left in the above photo, and Gilroy Unified School District Superintendent Debbie Flores, at right above, welcomed California Secretary of State Alex Padilla, sitting to the left of Gilroy Mayor Roland Velasco, to a voter registration rally...
Hollister plans to cut middle school sports
The Hollister School District has announced plans to cut middle
Police incidents: Man steals 49ers jersey, diapers
Gilroy police found no shortage of people to arrest over the weekend, including a 20-year-old man who apparently didn't want to pay for a 49ers jersey or a box of diapers.
Jose A. (Don Chon) Reynoso
Jose A. "Don Chon" Reynoso passed away in Hollister at the age of 71. He was born in Jalostotitlan, Jalisco, Mexico and came to Hollister from Gilroy in 1976. He owned and operated Hollister Drive In Market on 4th and Line Streets in Hollister, helped form Liga Obrera Baseball League, was a member of Sacred Heart Church, the first recipient of the Mexican American Committee on Education Man of the Year in 1980. In 1987 he was honored as an exemplary Hispanic citizen with Sabado Gigante and was an honoree in the San Benito Saddle Horse Show as a participant in the parade with Associacion de Charros Los Amigos. He married his wife, Elvira, in 1963 in Mexico.
Rae N. Leas
Rae Leas passed away Wed. April 16, 2008 in Grove, OK where she and her husband, Todd had purchased a lakeshore home on Grand Lake of the Cherokees. Rae was born in Ada, Oklahoma to Ray and Kathleen (Lowry) Nelms. Rae moved with her family to South Gate, CA where she graduated in 1958 from South Gate High School. On October 3, 1959, she married her high school sweetheart, Todd F. Leas, and moved to Thousand Oaks, CA to start a family. In 1975, the Leas family moved to Gilroy where Rae worked for 25 years as an Administrative Assistant, retiring in 2001. In addition to a very fulfilling career, Rae had very fond memories of coworkers; and many lasting friendships.
