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Late in the night, the cabbie summed it up on the ride back from the MGM Grand. “Mayweather, he just never gives a good fight, never …”

Q: I'm a regular reader of your column and usually like hearing about the problems other people have with their pets. But lately (no offense) your column has gone to the dogs. Literally, it's all dogs and cats. Why don't you ever talk about my favorite animals, cows?

Perhaps it was the perfect removal of crust on your sandwich, the cheerful way she had six dozen cookies ready for the bake sale or the sneaky way she was able to “encourage” you to eat another serving of vegetables. Many of us have such memories of mom. Some of mine are seeing my mom at my elementary school’s Thursday hot lunch, the secret sundae stops on the way to the grocery store and the sound of her “he, he, he” style laugh.

One of the important precepts of Christianity (indeed, of many major religions) is to “Love they neighbor as thyself.” Of course, this sentiment is easy to preach, but more difficult to practice.

Santa Clara County staff proposed a $4.6 billion county budget for fiscal year 2014 last week that will rely on outside funding sources, new voter-approved revenues and public union concessions in order to close a $67 million shortfall, County staff said. 

After 10 years of trying to become a National Football League cheerleader, Hollister’s Susie Sanchez’s dream came true as a member of the Oakland Raiderettes in 2011 as a 37-year-old grandmother. After missing the cut for the team in 2012, Sanchez thought her days of a cheerleader were over. 

For two rounds, it looked as though Gilroy welterweight boxer Robert Guerrero’s prophecy would come true.