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SAN JOSE – Joe Pavelski broke a 1-1 tie in the third period with a one-timer from inside the left circle to propel the San Jose Sharks past the Minnesota Wild 2-1 at SAP Center.

As Thanksgiving shrinks in the rearview mirror, the goodie-focused holiday season continues with festive music playing on the radio, the scent of pumpkin spice tickling the nose and colorful lights dazzling the eyes. And the taste buds?

Dear Mr. Regan, My name is Donna Fischer and I'm a nurse at Saint Louise Regional Hospital. I am not a member of your union and I have never met you personally, but for the past two months you've been trying to get my attention about the sale of our Daughters of Charity hospital to Prime Healthcare.

Taken from James M. Barrie timeless story “Peter Pan,” intellectual wit Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson created a Peter that tells the story of the how and where the boy came from. “Peter and the Starcatcher” is imaginatively transferred to the stage by Tony Award-winning writer Rick Elice with award-winning director Robert Kelly at the helm. Twelve of the best actors in TheatreWorks’ list play 50 characters telling the story of how and why Peter Pan was the boy who never wanted to grow up.

The City is allowing developers to use potable water to water down dust from construction? This in itself is typical of the city: give developers whatever they want. What is just as troubling is the ignorance of Planning Manager Susan Martin regarding her response to a Red phone inquiry about the continued development of Gilroy. She stated, “Whether Gilroy is in a drought ..." The City of Gilroy included a flyer in (a recent) billing stating "drought alert." The State of California is in the worst drought conditions in over 100 years. So what is the answer? Is all of Gilroy in a drought condition, including developers or just the residents? Can you get some clarification from the city?

The seventh year of the Model United Nations (MUN) club at Mount Madonna School (MMS) got underway recently with a conference at Stanford University. The following MMS high school students participated: Alyssa Feskanin, Lena Wiley, Lexi Julien, Renata Massion and Zoe Kelly, 12th; Isabella Bettencourt, 10th; and Indigo Kelly, ninth, along with honorary member Lekha Duvvoori.

This is the year. No New Year's resolutions that fade in mid-January and disappear by February. Instead, make a bold commitment and accept a challenge to join me on a climb to the top of Yosemite's Mt. Hoffman on July 11, 2015.

Many of us have wonderful memories of holidays and everything they represent. Our religious devotion, celebrating with family and friends and traditional foods are just a few things we hold in our hearts. One of my favorite Christmas food memories involves my dad when he was in college. I now share that story and the special recipe, which has been part of the Mariani family's Christmas meal for well over a century.

I do not understand the Elf on the Shelf.

SAN JOSE – At least for one night at SAP Center, it’s not how you start but how you finish was the motto of the San Jose Sharks.Boston scored two early goals before the Sharks regrouped for four goals in the second period and a decisive 3-0 scoring margin in the third to outlast the Bruins 7-4 for their third straight victory.The Sharks play twice in Canada this weekend (Calgary and Edmonton) before starting a five-game homestand Tuesday against the Oilers.San Jose reached a season-high with seven goals, including two apiece from Tyler Kennedy, Joe Pavelski and Tommy Wingels.Kennedy was positioned in front of the Boston crease when Matt Irwin, coming onto the ice on a line change, powered a low shot that Kennedy nudged into the net for a 5-4 lead 3:02 into the third period.The teams were skating four aside midway into the third period when Brent Burns found Pavelski with a pass from the neutral zone. Pavelski’s power move to the net resulted in a shot that clanged off the leg of Boston’s Milan Lucic and into the net at 11:13 for his team-high 12th goal of the year. Brenden Dillon recorded his first point as a Shark with the secondary assist.Pavelski added an assist when his long shot from the blueline bounded of the endboards and to a waiting Tomas Hertl for the wraparound to complete the scoring.San Jose struck for four goals in the second period, an accomplishment that would typically highlight an easy victory but in this instance merely kept the Sharks even.Boston raced to a 2-0 lead in the game’s first 2:35. After the Bruins were called for icing 19 seconds into action, the visitors won the face-off and needed 10 seconds to earn a 1-0 cushion. Patrice Bergeron carried the puck across the slot before leaving a short pass to a trailing Reilly Smith for the point-blank goal. The margin moved to two at 2:35 when Daniel Paille’s spin move across the slot led to a drop pass to Gregory Campbell behind the Shark defense for the five-footer past goaltender Antti Niemi.The Sharks used a 24-7 advantage in shots on net in the second period to go into the second intermission tied at 4-4.Taking a clue from the Bruins’ early period explosion in the first period, San Jose scored twice in the first two minutes of the second period.The Sharks won the center-ice face-off and needed 27 seconds to post their first goal of the night. Patrick Marleau sped behind the Boston net to keep the offensive play alive. Marc-Edouard Vlasic’s shot from the blueline was tipped by Wingels in the low slot past goaltender Tuukka Rusk.San Jose added a goal at the three-minute mark when James Sheppard’s flick near the right endline careened off the skate of Kennedy and over Rask’s shoulder.The Sharks gained a 3-2 lead at 7:30 when Wingels, at the inside edge of the right circle, redirected a Matt Irwin shot from the blueline into the net on a power play.Boston responded 43 seconds later with the equalizer, Smith’s second goal of the night off a feed from Carl Soderberg.Bruin Torey Krug’s long shot through traffic at the 12:33 mark left the Sharks down 4-3. San Jose needed less than one minute to make it 4-4 as Pavelski’s stuff shot slid under Rask on a power play at 14:21.