Getting microbes in order
Listen up athletes and weekend grinders: The key to enhancing your performance might be the bacteria in your gut. A December story in the Outside Magazine Twitter feed titled, The Athlete’s Guide to Probiotics, highlighted a project that took stool samples from runners competing in Race Across America, a grueling 140-day nationwide competition.
Our Wild Veterinarians: Helping Local Animals
One red-tailed hawk, nicknamed Helmet-Head, had skin grafted over his head to cover his exposed skull.
School boss to get $150K buyout
Jon Gundry, the embattled Superintendent of Schools for the Santa Clara County Office of Education, relinquished his post after agreeing last week to a six-figure settlement despite two years remaining on his contract.
A Nov. 9 statement from the county crafted Gundry’s exit as a...
Super Bowl XLVI is top-viewed U.S. TV show
The Super Bowl on Sunday was the most-watched program in U.S. television history, according to The Nielsen Co., the third year in a row it has set a record.
Priest returns to Gilroy’s St. Mary Church
Each spring, Bishop Patrick McGrath formulates a list of priests who will be assigned to different churches in the Diocese of San Jose. Then in July these priests must pull up stakes and move to a new parish. The process may be painful, as they leave behind familiar surroundings, friends and colleagues to face the unknown in a new rectory, church and community.














