Planning your nursery … safety first
Your nursery or toddler's bedroom should be a fun, functional and - above all - SAFE place for your child to rest and play. Keep the following tips in mind when planning this room and you and your little one will enjoy those special early years in a safe and happy environment.
Should you take a pension buyout?
Have you recently received a pension buyout offer? If so, you need to decide if you should take the buyout, which could provide you with a potentially large lump sum, or continue accepting your regular pension payments for the rest of your life. It’s a big decision.
Gavilan Roundup: Nov. 4
Tasmin Apple continues to shine as one of the best attackers in the Coast Conference.
Gavilan Football: Rams roll West Valley, get first league win
GILROY – Nate Ellis had another solid performance at quarterback Saturday evening, pacing the Gavilan College Rams past West Valley 42-10 on the winners’ field.
Shelter lets people name price for cats in November
For the month of November, the Hollister Animal Shelter is running a promotion that allows people to choose their own price for cats or kittens.
Community forum instructs seniors on Medicare changes
The Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program held a Medicare overview community event last week at the Hollister Community Center to tell seniors about the program’s changes in 2014, especially in light of the recent rollout for the health insurance exchanges as part of the president’s healthcare law.
Marty: Eating your cake and having it, too
A representative of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), made it clear to the San Benito County Board of Supervisors that they want to eat their cake and have it too. They want their jobs and a raise and they want to continue to contribute little toward America’s best large-scale retirement and healthcare benefit plans. Who wouldn’t? They even offered to help squeeze more taxes out of county residents to fund their gold-plated benefits. They did not use the term “squeeze” – but what else can you call it when those with the best deals propose a tax increase on so many struggling families?
Change in weather ushers in dreaded comforter thief
You know it's fall when there is a crisp breeze, the leaves gently fly from the trees, the air turns colder and I spend about 10 minutes deciding the best way to kill my husband. Oh, stop judging me. It's totally justifiable homicide, according to my extensive research that consists mainly of repeats of “Law & Order,” with a couple of “CSI” episodes thrown in so I know how to hide all the evidence.
