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SANTA CLARA, Calif. - NaVorro Bowman is 24 years old. Aldon Smith is 22. Ray McDonald and Patrick Willis are 27.

ALAMEDA, Calif. - The education of Terrelle Pryor as an NFL quarterback will include a tutorial by the last Raiders player to win the league's Most Valuable Player award.

Matt Cain faced 27 Houston Astros. He retired all 27. And in doing that recorded the first perfect game in San Francisco Giants' history Wednesday night.

The under-11 girls Hollister Aftershocks, a competitive travel team from the Hollister Tremors Soccer Club, continued its offseason roll in preparation for the next fall season over the weekend in Santa Cruz.

School is over; summer is here; vacation has started. At first, children thoroughly enjoy the unstructured leisure time now available to them, but this may not last. Days stretch on, and parents may soon hear the dreaded refrain: “I'm bored! There's nothing to do!”

There’s something about Father’s Day that makes me relax. It’s the gift giving, frankly. Honestly? Unless you give your dad a gift that he already has, you have it made in the gift giving department for Father’s Day.

Assemblywoman Shannon Grove earlier this year told supporters at a campaign fundraiser that Assemblyman Luis Alejo, who represents Gilroy and Hollister, does not say the Pledge of Allegiance to the American flag at state legislative sessions. Other assembly members who work with Alejo say Grove’s accusation is untrue and Alejo has even led the flag salute. The hullabaloo sparked my curiosity to discover the genesis of the pledge to our nation’s flag. The truth will no doubt alarm Assemblywoman Grove, a Republican. Our nation’s Pledge of Allegiance was written by – gasp! – a socialist.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. - After the 4-month lockout last offseason, the 49ers' battle cry was that they were behind the rest of the league and needed to operate at 1,000 mph to catch up by the opening game.