Mushrooms important year-round in South County
Memorial Day weekend in South County means many residents turn their attention to the Morgan Hill Mushroom Mardi Gras. Aside from the Mushroom Mardi Gras and occasionally noticing the scent of warm mushroom compost, most people pay little attention to our local mushroom farms the rest of the year. Mushrooms have a lot to offer our local residents and are an important part of our community. Here are some things you probably did not know about our local mushroom farms.
GETTING OUT: Be greeted by abundant views that stretch across South County
Calero County Park and Rancho Cañada del Oro Open Space Preserve in the Santa Teresa Hills are kissin' cousins. Though one is a county park and the Santa Clara County Open Space Authority owns the other, the properties are contiguous, and their trail systems interconnect.
Sharks struggle in return from road trip
SAN JOSE – New Jersey, owner of a seventh-place record in the Metropolitan Division going into Thursday night’s game against the San Jose Sharks, kept its playoff hopes flickering by turning back the Sharks 3-0 in front of 16,234 fans.
HOCKEY: Vlasic earns four points as Sharks rally by Detroit, 5-2
SAN JOSE – Marc-Edouard Vlasic scored a career-high four points Thursday to lead the San Jose Sharks past the Detroit Red Wings 5-2 at sold-out HP Pavilion.
Reflections on a national tragedy: 9/11 recalled
"Mark, this is your mom ..." So began the voicemail message left on Sept. 11, 2001, by Alice Hoagland of Los Gatos for her son, Mark Bingham, who was at that moment aboard hijacked United Flight 93. It was a message her son never heard. He and several of his fellow passengers were gathering together a plan to overtake the hijackers and prevent what would have inevitably been further tragedy if the terrorist hijackers were left to strike their intended target – most probably the White House or U.S. Capitol building in Washington D.C.
