Raymonde “Ramona” Etchebarne November 11, 1939 – July 31, 2013
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made in her honor to the Rotary of Morgan Hill Endowment (P.O. Box 283, Morgan Hill, CA 95037).
San Martin garbage fire burns about 100 tons of material
Crews from five area fire departments were up all night extinguishing a giant garbage fire at the San Martin Transfer Station Friday, according to authorities. The cause of the fire at the garbage and recycling facility at 14070 Llagas Ave. is undetermined, but investigators do not think it was intentional, according to CalFire Battalion Chief Brandon Leitzke. The blaze burned in a pit of garbage and recyclable materials inside a roughly 5,000-square-foot metal building that is open on two sides to allow heavy equipment to sort through the discarded items for processing, Leitzke said. About 100 tons of garbage burned, but the fire only caused “minimal” damage to the building itself. Crews from CalFire, the South Santa Clara County Fire District and the Morgan Hill, Gilroy and San Jose fire departments worked through the night Friday and into Saturday morning to extinguish the fire, Leitzke said. The fire started just after 7 p.m. Friday. A firefighter injured his wrist while fighting the fire, Leitzke said. That was the only injury resulting from the incident. The San Martin Transfer Station is owned and operated by Recology South Valley. That company’s general manager, Phil Couchee, said they had to close the site to drop-offs from the public for a couple days, but they expect to reopen by Monday afternoon. “The firefighters did an outstanding job to contain (the fire) and manage it,” Couchee said.
Ralph A. Lico May 27, 1944 – July 31, 2013
A memorial Mass will be held at Immaculate Conception Church on Thursday, August 8th, 2013, at 11:00 A.M., to which friends are invited. Memorials are preferred to St Jude Children Hospital c/o the mortuary chapel. Private inurnment will be held. Visit: www.grunnagle.com for condolences.
San Martin man arrested in relation to San Jose armed robbery
At 7:48 a.m. Thursday, San Jose police responded to a silent alarm at California Check Cashing Store in the 2100 block of Story Road in
Gavilan shows lots of ‘love’ for its first and only female AD
Susan Dodd and Gavilan College have had a symbiotic relationship for 37 years, and now – even with the decorated educator’s retirement from the institution at age 63 – her legacy will live on.
Super Power Camp fights summer boredom
Students culminated six weeks of learning how to live healthy and apply science, technology, engineering and math Wednesday when parents joined them in playing games, constructing cars from household products and learning how to cook healthy food.
Gymnastics: Pace, Mantilla revel in opportunities gymnastics provide
Sloane Pace and Louisa Mantilla know they will probably never be Olympic gymnasts — and that’s OK with them.
UPDATED: ‘Sweepstakes cafe’ not welcome in Gilroy
In a late night stealth operation, about 25 officers from several local and state law enforcement agencies shut down an illegal gambling venue masquerading as an Internet sweepstakes cafe on First Street in Gilroy Aug. 1, confiscating everything in the store, arresting three people and snapping handcuffs on dozens of others.
