Gilroy’s Gold’s Gym celebrates anniversary
Owner Gurvinder Singh and manager John Casteneda proudly snip the ribbon at the one-year anniversary celebration at Gold’s Gym Dec. 8. This beautiful gym includes a steam sauna, indoor basketball court, cinema cardio room, techno-gym along with many other unique features. For more information, visit them at 8795 San Ysidro Ave. in Gilroy or call (408) 852-7028.
New laws address online passwords, funeral picketing, pensions
Gov. Jerry Brown signed 876 bills in the past legislative session, most of which take effect today, including this sampling.
California Department of Fish and Wildlife is new name of agency
The California agency that regulates hunting and fishing has a new name: the Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Adopt a senior cat
Molasses is a 15-year-old tortie cat and Flower is a 13-year-old calico cat. They are both sweet and would make great lap cats. They would be best as the only cat in the household. They have been at the San Martin Shelter for several months. If you are interested in adopting an animal, please call (408) 686-3900.
New interim police chief takes over this week
Hollister will have a new interim police chief later this week when Capt. Carlos Reynoso takes on the role and current Interim Police Chief David Westrick moves back into the captain spot.
Pinnacles gains Senate approval to become national park
After months of working its way through the House of Representatives and into the Senate, a bill to make Pinnacles National Monument into a national park was approved this week and awaits the signature of President Barack Obama to make it official.
Code officers review housing complaints with open mind
Since the start of 2012, Hollister code enforcement staff members have received 25 reports of substandard housing matters – with other reports coming into the county's jurisdiction as well.
Preliminary hearing set for suspect in Carroll slaying
The Hollister man suspected of killing 25-year-old Heather Carroll had a preliminary hearing scheduled for early March.
Guest View: Understanding ‘best efforts’ in contracts
There are various contracts that require one party to use their “best efforts” to take some action or to accomplish some task. Parties often get into disputes as to what it means to use “best efforts” and whether a party has actually met this requirement. The “best efforts” standard has never been clearly defined until a recently decided California appellate court case.
