Can I get out of the real estate contract?
Buyers today are forced to make quick decisions, offer more than the list price and are often asked to waive or amend some of the normal contractual protections.
An example of the Jacoby Transfer
When partner opens 1NT and you just happen to have five or six cards in one suit (preferably in hearts or spades), the Jacoby Transfer is a gorgeous convention that allows you to “force” your partner to bid YOUR suit. This allows the partnership to bid the best trump suit while keeping partner's strong hand hidden—because it is more difficult to defeat the hidden hand.
‘Nana’s Naughty Knickers’: A laugh a minute
‘Nana’s Naughty Knickers” by Katherine DiSavino is Limelight Actors Theater’s 19th show since Kevin Heath and Alan Obata’s inception of dinner type theatre three years ago. This is a place to have fun and enjoy a bit of relaxing time with the comedies presented. “Nana’s Naughty Knickers” is no exception. With an enjoyable, dedicated cast and an interesting set, you can’t go wrong.
State’s minimum wage increasing to $9 an hour next week
Spurred by legislation from Assemblyman Luis Alejo, California's minimum wage is set to increase from $8 an hour to $9 an hour one week from today.
Nonprofits to start selling fireworks Saturday
Sales of the “safe and sane” fireworks at local nonprofits’ booths will start Saturday and last until July 4, while public safety officials are reminding residents about the dangers of illegal fireworks before the holiday.
‘Once’: Captivating
Take this eight Tony Award winner, be invited to belly up to the Irish bar on stage before the show begins and at intermission, have a drink and become a part of the experience in this winsome, bittersweet story of a subtle love and support of two people brought together by fate and a clever playwright.
County jobless rate continues downward trend
San Benito County's unemployment rate continued to show a healthy decline in May, according to the California Employment Development Department.
Calendar & Briefs: Mission Fiesta set for Sunday
Find out what's happening soon in San Benito County in this week's Calendar & Briefs.
Haggett finds a way to Frontier League
Brian Haggett was basically a strike away from seeing his baseball dreams vanquished.
