Focus on things that keep our community blooming
If the bloom temporarily vacated your mental rose, reminder … the annual Rotary Flower Fest Sale is Saturday – (weather report 72 degrees purrrfect) at Syngenta Seeds on Hecker Pass. Put on your best elbow pads and mosey on out to pluck from the marvelous selection. Heard the Rotarians working the flower floor were all going to don David Cox wigs, now that would be a funny picture … Starts at 8 a.m., ends at 3. Buying beautiful flowers for the Rotary’s charitable giving programs is pretty darn sweet.
WEAVER: Baseball is back – and that’s all that matters
Baseball is back. It’s such a concise statement doubling as a lid holding in a jar’s worth of goodness. When said, it really feels like a breath of fresh air.
HOCKEY: Sharks beat Kings to tie for first in Pacific
The San Jose Sharks are tied atop the Pacific Division with 94 points after a come-from-behind 6-5 shootout victory at Pacific Division rival Los Angeles on Thursday night.
COLUMN: Gregg Williams’ audio portrays Saints as head hunters
No matter the results of any investigation, or how much evidence is uncovered and presented, nothing ever hits an unaware public with more force than an actual recording.
FOOTBALL: Some 49ers appalled by Saints’ bounty plan
Count 49ers safety Donte Whitner among those appalled by Thursday's revelation that the New Orleans Saints defense was ordered by then-coordinator Gregg Williams to injure the 49ers' offensive mainstays in their Jan. 14 playoff game.
GOLF: Westwood avoids calamity to claim Masters lead on Day 1; Woods at even par
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Tiger Woods toured Augusta National looking like his old self – the one with a tendency to misfire into the trees. Phil Mickelson went traipsing through into the "jungle" for a ball he had to declare lost.
FOOTBALL: Saints assistant coach urged players to injure 49ers
The night before New Orleans played at San Francisco in an NFL divisional playoff game in January, Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams gathered his players for a pep talk at the team hotel.
Teraji: Running down a disease
“Every mile I conquer will be more meaningful because I’m doing this for something greater – for a cause I truly believe in. Most of us have been touched by cancer in some way,” Gilroy’s marathon man Manual Haro says. “This is my way of fighting back against a disease that has taken too much.”
AUDIO: Saints’ Williams calls for big hits against 49ers
EDITOR'S NOTE: This audio tape contains cursing and vulgarity.

















