Don’t count on boyfriend’s ex for unbiased appraisal
DEAR ABBY: I'm considering marrying a man who is divorced. We get along great, and I love and trust him.
Prep Basketball: First quarter lull costs Sobrato in 78-64 loss to Leigh
Sobrato had one bad quarter against Leigh and could never recover.
Prep Soccer: Four minute stretch pushes Live Oak past San Benito, 5-0
Live Oak and San Benito played a tough physical game that was decided in a four-minute stretch.
Sakata Seeds celebrates grand opening
Sakata Seeds, 18095 Serene Drive in Morgan Hill, had a ribbon cutting Oct. 16. Sakata was celebrating both their return to the Chamber of Commerce and their new solar power throughout their facility. In attendance were Sakata employees, various members of the Chamber of Commerce and many more.
Arline Silva awarded
Allstate agency owner Arline Silva received the Agency Hands in the Community Award for Silva’s commitment to helping others. With this award came a $1,000 grant from The Allstate Foundation for Advent Group Ministries Inc., where Silva volunteers.
Edward Jones ranks No. 1 in survey
For the 19th time, the financial services firm Edward Jones ranked No. 1 in WealthManagement
Hearing postponed for accused YMCA abuser
The YMCA child care employee who is accused of sexually assaulting multiple small children under his care at a Morgan Hill facility appeared briefly in court Tuesday, but the hearing was continued until Feb. 4, 2014.Nicolas Lhermine, 20 of Morgan Hill, remains in custody at Santa Clara County Jail on charges of lewd and lascivious acts with a child younger than 12, oral copulation on a child younger than 10, possession of child pornography and production of child pornography. All the charges are related to five victims identified since his arrest in July, according to authorities. Lhermine is accused of making inappropriate sexual contact with or taking illegal obscene photographs of the victims. Lhermine’s hearing at South County Courthouse Tuesday lasted less than two minutes. Lhermine said nothing out loud during the hearing, but consulted quietly with his attorney Riccardo Ippolito before and after the brief proceeding. Lhermine’s next hearing is scheduled for Feb. 4, 2014 at South County Courthouse.Four of the alleged child victims were age 7 or younger at the time of the assaults, and were victimized by Lhermine while they were under his care a child care program at Paradise Valley Elementary School, according to investigators. The child care program was operated by the YMCA, for whom Lhermine worked for four years before his arrest. The youngest of the victims is 3 years old, authorities said. The fifth alleged victim is a 17-year-old girl of whom investigators found nude pictures on Lhermine’s mobile phone, according to police. The girl was not affiliated with the YMCA program, but Lhermine knew her. Lhermine was arrested by Morgan Hill police July 12, when a 6-year-old girl under his care at the YMCA program told her parents and investigators that Lhermine forced her to engage in a sex act in the bathroom at the day care site, authorities said. During the initial investigation, police found the pictures of the 17-year-old girl on his phone. During a follow-up investigation which included assistance from YMCA staff to reach out to the parents of all children who had ever been under Lhermine’s care at the YMCA, authorities identified three more alleged female victims - ages 3, 5 and 7. Lhermine faces a maximum sentence of life in prison, according to authorities.The suspect worked as a child care aide at the YMCA day care facility during the alleged assaults, and has held numerous positions - including youth soccer coach and child care at other YMCA facilities - in his four years of employment at the YMCA, according to authorities.
Ice-related accident closes south MH road briefly
A Mercedes-Benz sedan spun out on a patch of road ice in south Morgan Hill Tuesday morning, forcing the closure of DeWitt Avenue for a few hours, police said. No injuries were reported in the single-vehicle accident, which happened about 6:45 a.m., according to Morgan Hill Police Sgt. Bill Norman. The vehicle was traveling southbound on DeWitte Avenue, north of the intersection of West Edmundson Avenue, when it slid across a patch of “black ice,” Norman said. The Mercedes sedan, driven by a female adult, slid off the roadway, through a fence and into a residential front yard. The owner of a home near the crash site had been running sprinklers during the night, and the water ran off the yard into the road where some of it created a sheet of ice, Norman said. The California Highway Patrol is investigating the accident, police said. Morgan Hill police assisted with traffic control in the aftermath of the accident, including closing a stretch of DeWitt Avenue for several hours Tuesday morning.
Single dad struggles to find more time with son
DEAR ABBY: I am a single 25-year-old man with a 15-month-old son. I didn't plan on having any children, but my son is everything to me. His mother and I did not work out well living together. We had different priorities and personalities and could not comfortably coexist.
Prep basketball: Live Oak earns first win of season despite sloppy fourth
Live Oak survived a sloppy fourth quarter to pullout its first win of the season, a 46-36 decision over Andrew Hill Monday at home.







