Nesting season begins at Pinnacles
Love is in the air at Pinnacles National Park and around San Benito County as a variety of raptors, birds of prey, begin their nesting season. Raptors are a common and beautiful sight at Pinnacles during the nesting season, which typically runs from January to August. As specialized hunters, raptors have powerful beaks and talons for tearing apart prey, and exceptional eyesight for locating food from great distances. Most raptors can see even small prey animals clearly from almost 2 miles away, thanks to their telescopic vision.
‘Once’: Captivating
Take this eight Tony Award winner, be invited to belly up to the Irish bar on stage before the show begins and at intermission, have a drink and become a part of the experience in this winsome, bittersweet story of a subtle love and support of two people brought together by fate and a clever playwright.
Enjoy a Cougar-Q
The first CHS Athletic Boosters Cougar-Q tri tip dinner fundraiser will be held Saturday, Nov. 9. $28 meal for four includes whole tri tip, garlic bread and garlic chili beans. Tickets on sale through Nov. 6 at CHS games, Rabobank in Gilroy (Nob Hill Center) or through your favorite CHS sports team. Drive through pick up of your complete meal will be available from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 9 in CHS front lot. Details: Rosie Menacho at (408) 706-0903.
Cannabis stays illegal, granny units stay small
In an effort to take local control before new state laws go into effect in January, the Gilroy City Council passed two “emergency” ordinances last week, one to stop commercial cannabis sales and the other to limit the size of “grandmother” units to 600...
Lower the voting age to 14 – let’s think again
Sen. John Vasconcellos is proposing a bill that would lower the














