Good Dogs Need Good Homes
Ming, Mark and Mischa: In July, a Gilroy resident died and her family abandoned her three dogs, leaving them in the backyard in deplorable conditions without a caretaker. A neighbor who doesn't have any dogs would occasionally throw food over the fence and dribble water to them, but would not go near them because he thought they would bite.
Summer Wine Events
FOMO, or the fear of missing out, prompted my husband and I to abandon San Jose and move to Gilroy. With approximately 50 wineries between Morgan Hill and Hollister, the dizzying array of music, wine and food events throughout the summer—many of them free or at very low-cost—offers something for nearly everyone.
Golf: Cantlay to return to Frys.com Open
After participating in the 2011 Frys.com Open as an amateur alongside Tiger Woods and Louis Oosthuizen, Patrick Cantlay will return to the October tournament hosted at CordeValle Golf Club this year.
Bond between players is priceless
There's a bond, which is especially significant at the prep level, between those who don the same uniform. Football, tennis, water polo, baseball, it doesn't matter. Cross country, I think, is one of the best examples where teammates and team unity is profoundly evident.
BOXING: Guerrero scheduled to be guest on ‘Chronicle Live’ tonight
Robert Guerrero will be a guest on Comcast SportsNet's Chronicle Live tonight at 5 p.m. on Comcast SportsNet Bay Area prior to the Giants-Dodgers at AT&T Park.
Martinez boys earn Eagle honors
Daniel and Michael Marinez of Boy Scouts of America Troop 717 of
GETTING OUT: World-class sights on 11-mile adventure
One hundred years ago, the Santa Cruz Mountains, like most
“Peter and The Starcatcher”: Neverland as you never imagined
Taken from James M. Barrie timeless story “Peter Pan,” intellectual wit Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson created a Peter that tells the story of the how and where the boy came from. “Peter and the Starcatcher” is imaginatively transferred to the stage by Tony Award-winning writer Rick Elice with award-winning director Robert Kelly at the helm. Twelve of the best actors in TheatreWorks’ list play 50 characters telling the story of how and why Peter Pan was the boy who never wanted to grow up.
Annual Kelly Freitas Memorial Golf Tournament approaching
San Juan Oaks Golf Club will host the fourth annual Kelly Freitas Memorial Golf Tournament and Dinner Party on July 11 at 3825 Union Road in Hollister.
Costly fees
In the past eight years, many buyers in Santa Clara and surrounding counties purchased their homes with loans that required mortgage insurance. Mortgage insurance (MI) is usually required when you buy a home with less than 20 percent down, or when you buy a home with a government backed program like an FHA loan or a USDA loan.
















