Marty: Candice Hooper, a good DA
Candice Hooper continues to turn in a rock-solid job performance as San Benito County district attorney as she has since her election in June 2006 when it was reported that her predecessor, in a classic example of sour grapes, immediately dumped his entire criminal caseload on her following his failed reelection bid. D.A. is a job where the best performers often get the least credit because the public approaches the justice system on an emotional basis while a good D.A. has to approach it on both a legal and practical basis.
Opening for the ages at Renaissance Faire
Steve Mae, his wife, Cathy, and their son, Ian, were all smiles as they sat in the bleachers and waited for a tournament of knights to begin while wearing velvet cloaks, chain mail and other Renaissance era garb.
Letter: Treatment of nursing home residents ‘appalling’
Everyone knows that a lockdown isn't a measure that can be sustained forever. The facilities have been on lockdown since mid-February using Covid-19 or coronavirus as the reason.
Hollister 10-11 Eliminated After Loss to Briarwood
The Hollister American 10-11-year-old All-Stars fell in a 9-2
Marty: Dangers of hero worship
The story of Lance Armstrong, world-class athlete, cancer survivor, founder of an inspirational charity, conniving cheat and drug user, liar, bully, and – worst of all – destroyer of lives, is a textbook illustration of the dangers of America’s overriding addiction to heroes and hero worship.
Kosmicki: Hypnotized at the county fair
Since witnessing my first hypnotism show 13 years ago at the San Benito County Fair, I’ve wondered the same question many others have pondered: Is it possibly real, or do the participants merely go along with a staged act?
Hollister’s Pacific Scientific not part of $685M sale
As the sale is set to close on Meggitt Corp.'s $685 million
Mushroom Masters
So captivated by the mushroom, Egyptian pharaohs considered the famous fungi food for royalty and decreed that no commoner should touch them. The Egyptians were not alone in their reverence for the mushroom. Various civilizations in history have placed the mushroom central to religious...