Garlic Fest returns to AT&T park
The San Francisco Giants are hosting their 2nd Annual Giants Garlic Fest Friday at AT&T Park.
Sacred texts on display
In July 2000, I was visiting Dublin, Ireland, and went with a friend to the historic campus of Trinity College. There we waited in a queue at the Old Library and were ushered into a darkened room, in the middle of which were lighted display cases.
Rodeo: Local bronc rider wins high school state championship
Two weeks before the San Benito County Saddle Horse Show and Rodeo, last year’s all-around senior award winning Cash Robinson, a SBHS junior, won the high school state title in saddle bronc riding and will represent the school in the 2013 National High School Finals Rodeo on July 14-20 in Rock Springs, Wyoming.
Special Olympics torch to pass through Hollister
The Special Olympics Torch, the Flame of Hope, will be making stops in the South Valley Wednesday during the 2013 Law Enforcement Torch Run.
Baseball: All-Star roster announced for Babe Ruth, Little League teams
The 2013 Hollister Little League and San Benito Babe Ruth All-Star teams were announced on both leagues’ websites Saturday. Little League will be represented by eight teams in four age divisions. The Babe Ruth team announced three of its rosters, which are posted at the Babe Ruth Field at Veterans Memorial Park.
Updated: PG&E claims bird caused major Hollister outage
The Hollister power outage affecting about 7,500 customers Friday morning was caused by a bird that made contact with a power line, according to a spokeswoman for Pacific Gas & Electric.
100-year-old winery continues with 3rd owner
Morgan Hill Cellars is the oldest winery in our region and celebrates its 100th anniversary this year. The winery was founded in 1913 by an Italian immigrant named Camillo Colombano who planted Barbera root stock brought over from Italy. From 1945 to 2006, the Pedrizzetti family owned and operated the winery. Changing hands for the third time in 2006, it is now owned by Mike and Maryclaire Sampognaro.
Designs on Sargent Ranch?
More than a decade after Irenne Zwierlein – a Native American tribal member who previously inked plans with a major developer to build on roughly 6,000 acres of pristine property just south of Gilroy known as Sargent Ranch – forged documents in an attempt to prove herself the rightful leader of the local Amah Mutsun Tribal Band of Ohlone/Costanoan Indians, the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs made a move last week that left her rivals “absolutely blindsided.”
Spring 2013 design trends
In our previous column entitled “Color Trends for Your Home” we introduced you to the High Point Market in North Carolina - the largest home furnishings trade show in the world - and brought you up to speed with color trend predictions as revealed at this year's spring show. Today's column tells the second half of that story - design trends for your home - and is meant to inspire our South Valley friends who are looking for that special something to update their home decor.
