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Littermates Aladdin and Merlin are 8 months old. They are sweet, playful and good with other cats. They have been at the San Martin Animal Shelter since June 2011. If you are interested in adopting this or any other animal at the shelter, please call (408) 686-3900.

Whether it's a fast run to the mall to pick up a birthday gift, a stop at the ATM for some walking-around cash or merely darting out of the house to get to an appointment, too often our minds are on a million different things. A million different things, that is, except for one thing we should be thinking of: safety.

The effort to keep insidious quagga mussels out of Nacimiento Lake is entering a new phase, and the San Luis Obispo County Public Works Department is seeking $106,000 to retain the engineering firm that has guided much of its efforts for another year.

March is Women's History Month. To commemorate the outstanding women in our communities, Assemblymember Luis A. Alejo will name one leader from the district the 2012 Woman of the Year.

The Santa Clara County Coroner's Office has released the identity of the man who was shot and killed in an unincorporated neighborhood just east of Gilroy Saturday morning.

The start of the New Year also signaled the official kick-off for some local offices as well.

In a special meeting Monday night, the Hollister City Council voted 4-0 to designate the City of Hollister as the “Successor Agency” and “Successor Housing Agency” to the Hollister Redevelopment Agency in the event the RDA is dissolved as required by current state law.

An adult male was injured seriously in a two-vehicle accident Monday morning on McCray Street near the Save Mart shopping center.

A motivational speaker last week had San Benito High School teachers and administrators dancing at their tables, hyperventilating over vocabulary and fired up about increasing state test scores in local schools.