Preferred option excludes county from ‘Legacy’ easement buy
A key environmental document for a federal easement program aiming to permanently set aside huge swaths of rangeland notes that San Benito County is excluded from the proposal's preferred alternative.
Schools confront new transgender education code
Supportive sentiments and concerned opposition categorize two sides emerging from Monday’s passage of California’s new education code, which allows transgender students to use school restrooms and locker rooms as well as play on athletic teams that match their “gender identity” instead of the sex listed on their birth certificate.
Top 5: CMAP open mic, summer speaker series and more
CMAP open mic: CMAP is hosting their open mic night for Aug. 16, from 5 to 8 p.m., at the CMAP studio at Christopher High School, 850 Day Road, in Gilroy. If you want to perform in a TV studio and have your talents broadcast on cable TV come perform at the CMAP open mic night. Poets, musicians, and any other kind of artist. Call to sign up with Mitch Goldsmith, (408)722-9144.
Briefs: Caregiver workshop, HDLA fundraiser and more
Del Mar Caregiver Resource Center’s Christina Andrade, a family consultant, will be hosting a workshop for family caregivers Aug. 22, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., at the Hollister Community Center.
Dog bites Savemart employee; officers seek canine owner
Hollister Animal Control officers are seeking the owner a dog that allegedly bit a Savemart employee in the parking lot of the store Tuesday at 6 p.m. Animal Control officers were dispatched to the scene, but the dog’s owner left with the dog before they arrived.
Update: Officers make one arrest in alleged homicide case
Hollister police officers arrested a 17-year-old male from Morgan Hill Wednesday for the alleged murder of Andres Guzman, 19, of Hollister, Aug. 8. The arrest was made around 1 p.m.
Lost peregrine falcon heads home
Morgan Hill is becoming THE summer destination for some really adventuresome wild animals. Just last month, I wrote about the yellow-bellied marmot who hitched a ride on a car from the Eastern Sierra to Morgan Hill. This month's adventure story is about a backpacking peregrine falcon who found our south Bay Area location a perfect spot for a little R & R (rest and recuperation).
‘Priscilla Queen of the Desert’: Creativity in another dimension
Creative, unique and inventive are understated adjectives when describing “Priscilla Queen Of The Desert.” The line “pushing the envelope” was made for this show, a production where the star is the award-winning costumes by Tim Chappel and Lizzy Gardiner and a bus, which comes onstage and helps an out-of-the-box story unfold. Written by Stephen Elliott and Allan Scott, directed by Simon Phillips and choreography by Ross Coleman, this jukebox musical uses pop songs as its score and romps through a story that has great humor and - at times - heart-wrenching moments.
