A Halloween health horror in U.S. corn fields
Every October around Halloween, the Swank Farm in San Benito County hosts a popular cornfield labyrinth that brings in families to get lost in a maze of maize. Folks encounter scary stuff popping out from behind the cornstalks that makes for good old-fashioned fun. But across the United States, there's something truly sinister creeping out of our nation's cornfields - something killing hundreds of thousands of Americans every year.
St. Mary School Blessing of the Animals
Fr. Robert Brocato, pastor of St. Mary Church, blessed all of St. Mary School Students' furry, feathered and scaly friends on October 3, 2013 during the Blessing of the Animals in celebration of the Feast Day of St. Francis of Assisi, patron saint of...
Ellis makes early exit at Canadian Open
With the PGA Tour at his stomping ground, John Ellis delivered a
Sharks finish home season with 5-1 win over Avalanche
SAN JOSE – San Jose was playing to prep for the playoffs, while Colorado was playing for a chance to win the Central Division title Friday night at SAP Center.
FOOTBALL: As expected, Raiders release tight end Boss
The Raiders announced the release of tight end Kevin Boss on Tuesday, putting him on the open market along with 15 other members of the 2011 Raiders on the first day of free agency.
Hemming and a hawing over the URM buildings downtown is over
One of our Community Pulse Board members said it very well responding to the question “Do you agree with the City Council's decision Monday to place liens against unreinforced masonry downtown properties that have not been brought up to safety standards?” She wrote, “Yes, the time has come to get this issue resolved. Many of the building owners have been non-responsive and not cooperative. I would like to see a low interest loan option available to those who want to repair their buildings.” In chewing on this issue and watching a downtown stuck in a yukky time warp for 25 years, I have vacillated on the approach. But I’ve come around to Mayor Don Gage’s way of thinking and agree with the Council’s action. If the building owners want to demolish, so be it. Let them cut off their noses to spite their faces. They’d better keep those empty lots pristine, though, or they could be declared a public nuisance and, by the way, perhaps there are additional standards of upkeep for downtown properties that could be developed which include empty lots and the alleys behind them. If an entire rebuild with historical sensibility needs to be the way something gets done, OK. But Gage is right, the pile has to move.
