All aboard! Garden Railroad Tour set for Saturday, Aug. 16
Garden railroaders are sounding the whistle for everyone to climb aboard the annual Garden Railroad Tour winding through Gilroy, Morgan Hill and Hollister Aug. 16. The tour, in which train enthusiasts open their homes to collect food for the hungry in local communities, is presented by the Bay Area Railroad Society and South County Railroaders.
Animal Shelter waives adoption fees for 21 cats, dogs
The San Martin Animal Shelter, which operates through funding from Santa Clara County and donations, is waiving the usual adoption fees for dozens of animals that have been impounded since Aug. 1 as part of an ongoing promotion to find forever homes for some of the shelter's more veteran residents.
Figueroa busts The Ghost, earns stoppage in third round
LONG ISLAND, NY—Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero—in a fight he had hoped would show he was still a contender—couldn’t make it out of the third round.
Napping cat gets a house call from jay
CAT OWNERS are frequently advised to keep their pets indoors, not just to prevent them from being hit by cars and attacked by predators, but also to save some of the millions of birds that are killed each year by outdoor cats.
