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Assemblymember Luis Alejo (D-Salinas) today introduced Assembly Bill 280, which places a three-month cap on the severance pay of a school district superintendent. Currently, when a superintendent’s contract of employment is terminated, he or she is eligible for a severance pay of up to 18 times their monthly salary, which can potentially be very costly.

Gavilan College is offering writing workshops by veterans, for veterans from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Thursdays in room SS203 on campus, located at 5055 Santa Teresa Blvd. in Gilroy.

Every summer and fall the Wildlife Education and Rehabilitation Center in Morgan Hill receives calls from well-meaning people who have taken in an orphaned baby animal (often a bird) in the spring, and raised it in their home.  The animal is now grown up and the caller wants to know where and how it should be released.

On Feb. 2, 11 members of Fairview 4-H, along with parent volunteers, trimmed the rose buses at Dunne Park. The local 4-H club takes on the task of cutting back the branches of the rose bushes during the winter months so that the bushes will have plenty of blooms when spring comes.

Emergency resources personnel from San Benito County gathered Thursday morning for a four-hour workshop to discuss how sharing information with community members might play out in a serious emergency situation – including notes on the benefits and pitfalls of social media, needs of traditional media outlets and what role different agencies might have in an emergency.

The Wildlife Education and Rehabilitation Center (WERC) is holding its 21st Annual Pet Photo Days Benefit event from 5 to 8 p.m. March 1; from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. March 2 and noon to 4 p.m. March 3 at the Granary, located at 17500 Depot St. in Morgan Hill.

The Gilroy Garlic Festival Association is seeking contestants, including those in the Hollister area, for the 35th annual Miss Gilroy Garlic Festival Queen Pageant. Contestant applications are available at the Garlic Festival office, 7473 Monterey St., or at gilroygarlicfestival.com.

WEDDING: Nusbaum/Jannusch: Jessica Nusbaum and Christopher Jannusch were married Jan. 20, 2013, on the beach at Pawai Bay in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii.

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While San Benito County officials prepare for an influx of visitors for the Pinnacles National Park redesignation ceremony on Feb. 11 at the east entrance visitors center, officials in a community along the west entrance are making plans to promote their own community as a Gateway to the new national park.