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SEATTLE – Some holiday traditions just don't seem to go away. You know, like fruitcake, atrocities in the shopping aisles on Black Friday, and an ESPN-generated manifest of postseason college football that runs almost to Presidents Day. This year, we have something called the Belk Bowl in Charlotte. That's not to be confused with the bilk bowls, in which schools are held to ticket allotments in a down economy, while some bowl executives pull down half-million-dollar salaries. A look at the bowl season that starts Saturday, in all its 35-game, overstuffed glory.

Private domestic well owners: Do you know what's in your drinking water?

HONORS: Noemi Naranjo: Noemi Naranjo was named Gavilan College's Employee of the Month for November 2011. Noemi is a part-time program services specialist in the Public Information Department. She started with the district in 2007.

Early in June, Daniel Pierce was biking along the Sawyer Camp trail above Crystal Springs Reservoir (near Burlingame) when he was startled to come upon a bobcat kitten along the wayside. The tiny animal was weak, starving, possibly sick and could barely stand. Daniel was worried that the kitten was orphaned and might die if not rescued. He quickly called several local wildlife centers for advice on how to handle the situation and was told to contact the Wildlife Education and Rehabilitation Center in Morgan Hill because WERC is nationally renowned for rehabilitating orphaned bobcat kittens.

Hundreds of South County residents assembled in Morgan Hill Dec. 11 for a special event as St. Catherine Roman Catholic Church held its 15th annual Our Lady of Guadalupe Procession. Crowds gathered at the Community and Cultural Center more than an hour before the scheduled 11 a.m. start of the parade. Bands, choirs, marchers carrying flags and banners, and horse-riders participated in the march through downtown, completing the route at St. Catherine Church (17500 Peak Ave.).

Local world champion boxer Robert "The Ghost" Guerrero will be on hand Thursday in front of the C28 store in Oakridge Mall in San Jose helping collect donations for the Fifth Annual Cathedral of Faith Toy Drive.

The newspaper industry has taken a hit in recent years and sometimes it's as though I'm walking a tightrope - trying to remain balanced in a business whose future is up in the air.