Updated election results: De La Cruz, Botelho lead big; Barrios in close race
Preliminary election results show District 5 Supervisor Jaime De La Cruz and District 2 Supervisor Anthony Botelho with apparently insurmountable leads - and District 1 Supervisor Margie Barrios in a tight race.
Vinyl records make a comeback
Cam Bentley walked into a Fort Lauderdale record store this dreary afternoon, head nodding to Michael Jackson’s “Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough,” streaming from iPod to headphones. She walked past the CDs to the Soul section of the vinyl department – stacks and stacks of LPs stuffed between Alternative and Blues – on an earnest hunt for the same song on wax.
POTW: Sherbert
Sherbert is a 10-year-old Main Coon who loves to be combed and pet. She would be best as an only cat with an elderly person. She has been at the San Martin Animal Shelter for a couple months and needs a home. If you are interested in adopting an animal at the shelter, please call (408) 686-3900.
Volunteers still sought for Sierra search
Volunteers are still asked to help search for Sierra LaMar, 15, and some citizens from halfway across the country vow to travel to Morgan Hill just to help bring closure to the missing teen’s family.
Authorities to enforce daytime curfew during school year
City and county curfews that have required youths to be home before 10 p.m. during the school year are being extended to daytime hours starting Aug. 1 as part of a joint effort between the Hollister Police Department and the county sheriff.
‘Instant gratification’ at charter school planning Hollister campus
Math teacher Heather Parsons has full grasp of her students’ attention, and Gilroy Prep would have it no other way.
Alleged landscape scammer arrested
About a month after police launched an investigation into the man who roams around door-to-door in Santa Clara County, allegedly looking for victims who will pay him upfront for landscaping he doesn’t complete, police arrested the alleged “landscape scammer” Monday night in Gilroy.
SBHS Class of 2012: ‘The world is not ending – we’re just taking over’
See an expanded story on the San Benito, San Andreas and Anzar high school graduations – along with other profiles – on June 19.
Need to plan a bus trip? Google it
County Express riders can now plan their route and find schedule information for fixed-route bus service and inter-county transportation services using a Google Transit trip planner.
