So many trails, such a beautiful location
Here's your local guide on where to hike in South County, including distance and links to past columns by outdoor columnist Ron Erskine.
Will You Be My Valentine?
This baby opossum suffered a broken leg while clinging to her mother who had been hit by a car. WERC's veterinarian splinted her tiny leg and sweetly attached a heart appliqué to the cast. Because of the TLC she received from WERC's volunteers, her leg healed perfectly and a few months later she was happily released.
New Roman Catholic parish established
The Catholic Diocese of San Jose, encompassing all of Santa Clara County, was inaugurated in 1981. It has grown steadily since then, to an estimated 650,000 members now. Yet, only three new parishes have been formed, the latest in 1994.
Neil Berg’s ‘101 Years of Broadway’: A delicious taste of Broadway
The magnificent music of Broadway for a Broadway musical lover is mesmerizing and enthralling. Brilliant music and clever lyrics tell a story that can stir the senses and take you to another place.
Giants need to add offense to go with stellar pitching
When it comes to winning games, Bruce Bochy does more with less. He wouldn’t mind a little more relaxation. With the dominant pitching staff built around Tim Lincecum, Matt Cain, Madison Bumgarner and Brian Wilson and a lineup that is so weak you wonder why Barry Bonds hasn’t come out of retirement, every game’s a nail-biter at AT&T Park, baseball’s most beautiful ballpark.
Lincoln reminds us of American inventiveness
Abraham Lincoln never visited Silicon Valley, but he would no doubt appreciate the spirit of innovation and ingenuity that exists in our global high-tech epicenter. Lincoln, whose birth date is Sunday, happens to be the only U.S. president who ever received an invention patent. That fact leads me to believe he would have a word or two to say to many of today's politicians who are now thwarting efforts to upgrade America's patenting system .
