OFF THE TOP: Quick look at the local prep playoff picture
It's hard to believe the end of the winter sports season is already here. This is the final week of the regular season - some teams are playing their final two games before folding up the 2011-12 tent, and some have the playoffs to look forward to.
GETTING OUT: Skyline-to-the-Sea Trail keeps your eyes busy
The Skyline-to-the-Sea Trail is a classic Bay Area backpack trip. Any journey that goes from hilltops cloaked with Douglas firs through forests of old growth redwoods, past an 80-foot waterfall to the Pacific Ocean has a lot to recommend it.
Simple way to let soldiers overseas know we care
It’s about 2,263 miles from Gilroy to Nashville, TN. That seems like another universe when you get a call from your daughter who’s in college telling you she’s been hit by a drunk driver in a car accident. Cayla’s OK, fortunately, getting over the sore and scary parts, the sirens, the ambulance and the late-night visit to the hospital. They arrested the guy on the spot. The officers told him to take his cowboy boots off before walking the line, he staggered around, fell, tossed the boots and failed, Cayla said. She had been studying for a pediatrics nursing test at a coffee shop and headed home when he smashed into her. Hug your kids, call them, tell them you love them and try to remember that life can change in an instant.
Water district update on trails and flood control
In 2000, Santa Clara County voters approved a special parcel tax to fund the 15-year Clean, Safe Creeks and Natural Flood Protection Plan which provided funding for four major outcome areas.
Blues blank Sharks, 3-0
ST. LOUIS – In the final seconds Sunday against a tough Western Conference opponent in San Jose, Blues defenseman Alex Pietrangelo was debating whether he should take aim at a lengthy empty-net opportunity or pass the puck to his goaltender.
Malignaggi calls out Guerrero and the Ghost responds
For the past three months, Gilroy native and world champion boxer Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero has been calling out anybody and everybody – from Floyd Mayweather Jr to most recently Victor Ortiz – in search of an opponent. The beckoning has been to no avail. Now Guerrero (29-1-1, 18 KO s) is on the other end of a call out.
Rancho San Antonio good for families
In less than an hour you can escape to the Peninsula and find an off-beaten path or one well-traveled. Read on, hiker.
