Boxing: El Roble students surprise Gilroy’s Guerrero with parting gift
Gilroy’s Robert Guerrero is scheduled to leave Sunday for his training camp in Las Vegas, where he’ll fight Floyd Mayweather Jr. on May 4.
Getting Out: Coyote Hills worth the trip
San Francisco Bay joins forces with the city skylines, the fog and the bridges to create one of the world’s most dramatic metropolitan settings. For many of us, that is where our thinking about the bay itself ends.
NHL: Burns, Couture star as Sharks slip past Kings, 4-3
SAN JOSE – Two power-play goals in a span of 87 seconds of the second period were enough to spark the San Jose Sharks past the Los Angeles Kings 4-3 on Thursday at sold-out HP Pavilion.
Scrapbook March 15, 2013
WEDDING: Mendiola/Fletes: Michelle Mendiola Fletes, daughter of Armando Mendiola and Delia Torres, and Angel Fletes III, son of Angel Fletes II and Patty Maynes, were married Feb. 23, 2013 at St. Benedicts Catholic Church.
$50k for the winner who comes up with the best biz plan for dowtown
Got an email note from the Santa Clara Valley Water District this week. Didn’t have a clue that it was “Groundwater Awareness Week.” But, hey, there’s a week for everything and the “press release people” have a magnificent dream that the press will turn into “sheeple” and write stories on the “topic of the week” every time they send out a “Baaaa release.” Here’s what I know. If the water district were truly concerned about groundwater and such, they would have appointed Gilroy farmer Ralph Santos to the water board to replace the seat vacated when Don Gage won our mayorship, not former Morgan Hill mayor Dennis Kennedy. No offense DK, but there’s not a single farmer on the board and there are plenty of politicians.
Church welcomes new, ‘easygoing’ pastor
Since 1865, Gilroy's St. Mary Roman Catholic Church has had an important role in the life of the South Valley through its parochial school and numerous other ministries. With the retirement in December of longtime pastor and community icon Father Dan Derry, a new pastor was appointed to lead the huge parish (with 4,000 registered members and eight Masses each weekend). Due to his background and talents, The Rev. Robert Brocato seems well-suited for this challenging position.
Driving fast on rural roads can be disastrous
One of our neighbors was looking for part of his car on the side of the road last evening, so I went to see if I could help out. He was looking for a small piece of his bumper.
