MH runner’s first-hand experience at Boston Marathon
It has been a weird week, and my emotions have run the gamut. From excitement, nervousness and joy (before 2:50 p.m. on Marathon Monday) to shock, confusion, sadness and anger...to list a few.
NHL: Columbus scores late to keep Sharks from playoff clincher
SAN JOSE – San Jose’s quest to lock up a spot in the Stanley Cup Playoffs will need to wait at least one more day after the Sharks lost 4-3 to Columbus on Sunday at sold-out HP Pavilion.
And how much exactly did the City of Gilroy pay for legal work last year?
When Mayor Don Gage and Councilman Peter Arellano cozily vote together and the two lawyers on the Council, Peter Leroe-Muñoz and Perry Woodward, are on the opposite side of the vote and steadfast about it, something interesting is up. What’s up is that the Council, at long, long last wants a bottom line, no-B.S. answer on what the city spends each year with its high-falutin San Jose-based legal firm, Berliner-Cohen. What should be a simple answer to get is cloaked, seemingly, in smoky back room political gobbledygook, so … Dear City Administrator Tom Haglund: How much did the City of Gilroy pay the law firm of Berliner-Cohen last year? Please include any and all payments for any and all legal work. Sincerely, The taxpaying residents of this fine town.
Golf Tips: Future solutions for Woods rules fiasco
During Masters week, the No. 1 question I was asked related to Tiger Woods’ two-stroke penalty after a rules official gave him permission to drop his ball. This raises the question of allowing a ruling reversal – including a penalty – to be enforced after a tournament committee reviewed a tape or somebody calling in after seeing it on television.
Church takes different approach to choosing leader
Of course, every religious institution has its own method of choosing its leadership. The news recently guided us through the ancient process by which Francis I became Pope, leader of the Roman Catholic Church's one billion members.
Boxing: Guerrero vows to be ‘100 percent ready’
Robert Guerrero has a note in the upper-right corner of his Twitter feed that lists Floyd Mayweather Jr. as 43-1.
The Exploratorium: An explosion of old and new
The new and improved Exploratorium is like no other place on earth. Touch everything, explore, ask questions and lose yourself in displays in the six galleries with mind stretching exhibits. It covers 330,000 square feet and sits in a lustrous $300 million new home with a Ph.D. around every corner to answer your questions and head up the different displays.
