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When Dean King moved to Hollister from Calgary in the early 1990s, he never expected to find good enough ice to play hockey on and teach his three children the sport he grew up loving. But after having season tickets for the San Jose Sharks during their first six years of existence, he was told a revelation. The Sharks themselves had a ice skating facility that was open to the public.

Gabe Katich pitched eight strong innings, Alika Bantilan drove in two runs, and Gavilan College’s baseball team held on for a 6-3 home win over Skyline on Thursday.

Our local movie theaters – Gilroy Platinum Theater and Morgan Hill CineLux - are a couple of my favorite places to spend my extra time (and money). There’s just something about sitting in a darkened theater with a group of friends - and strangers - eyes glued to the big screen, laughing or crying or jumping out of our seats.

SAN JOSE – San Jose acquired Scott Hannan and Raffi Torres at Wednesday’s NHL trade deadline, then celebrated with a sixth consecutive victory, 4-2 over the Minnesota Wild at sold-out HP Pavilion.

Robert Guerrero’s fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr. on May 4 will go on as planned, even after Guerrero was arrested March 28 on gun charges at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York.

There comes a time in parenting when you realize that everything everyone told you about raising children is a big, fat lie. Also? When your mother curses you with “someday you will have a child just like you,” that will totally happen. Not that my dear, sweet, sainted mother ever cursed me like that, of course. Yeah, my mom reads this, can you tell?

It was warm and sunny at San Jose's Alum Rock Park last Friday. At 11:45 a.m., a group of more than 50 people, varying in age from children in strollers to seniors with canes and including four clergymembers, gathered in the uppermost parking lot. They could have been there for a picnic.

San Benito High graduate and Oklahoma infielder Jessica Vest was named the Big 12 Player of the Week on Tuesday. The sophomore homered twice and drove in seven runs in a doubleheader sweep of Wichita State last week.

Heather Johnson, Kayla Medrano and Kari Bittle drove in three runs each to lead Gavilan College’s softball team to a 15-7 home win over the City College of San Francisco on Tuesday.

Last time we talked about using the stayman convention to ask partner, who opened one notrump, if he has a four-card major suit. But, let's assume you hold a five or six card heart suit; so you already know that you should probably bid game in hearts, but, for tactical reasons, it would be better if the notrump hand remained hidden from the opponents.