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Extreme Learning Center has applied for a $250,000 grant from Chase as part of a newly launched program, Mission Main Street Grants. Extreme Learning Center must submit a questionnaire outlining a business plan that will result in growth of the business and receive at least 250 votes to be eligible for a grant. Customers, fans and community members can show support for Extreme Learning Center by voting at www.missionmainstreetgrants.com/business/detail/23090. Voting deadline is Nov. 15. The recipients will be announced in January 2014.

A 20-year-old Gilroy man was arrested Nov. 1 for driving under the influence after he struck and killed a construction worker on Interstate 680 in San Jose, according to the California Highway Patrol.

Opes Advisors, an innovative residential mortgage bank and wealth management firm, announces the opening of a branch office in Morgan Hill. Under the leadership of Managing Director Mike Gallagher, the new office team includes Ed Arioto and Kim Enderle.

It has been a busy last couple of weeks here at Gilroy High School! Last week was homecoming. Homecoming week at GHS is controlled chaos. During the week we had spirit days, float building, royalty, and a rally. Homecoming week came to an end on Friday, with a parade, football game, and announcement  of homecoming King and Queen (Brandon Boyd and Leilani Mah). The halftime was topped off by a great fireworks display as well.  

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage announces that Cappy D. Myers has joined the company as a sales associate in its Morgan Hill office. Myers will specialize in residential sales. Prior to joining Coldwell Banker, Myers was an independent real estate broker and a practicing California real estate attorney. Myers earned his law degree from the Golden Gate University School of Law in 2004, where he also received a Real Estate Law Certificate with Distinction. He is married to Nicole, a successful family law attorney in Santa Clara County, with whom he has two children.

A parent information meeting for anyone interested in learning more about the Charter School will be held at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 28, 2014 at 9530 Monterey Road, multipurpose room, Morgan Hill. School tours and classroom visits will be held Feb. 3-7. Reservations recommended. Open enrollment will be held Feb. 3-March 7. A lottery will be held in the multipurpose room at 3:30 p.m. April 9. Details: (408) 463-0618.

Authorities are looking for a suspect who led police on a high-speed chase that ended in Morgan Hill, following an armed robbery in Sunnyvale Monday night, police said. About 10:20 p.m. Monday, a Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety officer tried to stop a suspicious vehicle in the area of Arques and America avenues, according to a press release from Sunnyvale DPS. The driver of the vehicle failed to yield to the officer’s red lights and began to evade the officer. About 10:24 p.m., Sunnyvale Dispatch received a report of an armed robbery, police said. A clerk at a convenience store at 395 N. Fair Oaks Ave. reported he was robbed at gunpoint and the suspects fled in an unidentified make of vehicle. The description of the vehicle and the close proximity of the robbery matched the vehicle that failed to yield to the traffic stop, police said. The male driver, with a male occupant in the vehicle, continued to flee, and officers pursued him south on U.S. 101, the press release said. Officers from the California Highway Patrol, Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office and San Jose Police joined the pursuit as it continued on the freeway at high rates of speed. Police pursued the vehicle to the area of the U.S. 101 and Tennant Avenue interchange, where the vehicle lost control and crashed into a chain link fence, the press release said. Both suspects exited the vehicle and continued to flee from officers on foot into a nearby field, police said. Officers, joined by Morgan Hill police, set a perimeter around the field. One suspect, a Mountain View man whose name has not been released, was taken into custody. A search of the area for the second suspect was conducted, but police were unable to locate him, police said. Anyone with information about this incident can contact Sunnyvale DPS at (408) 730-7110.

The Christopher High School Holiday Boutique will be held from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 15 in the CHS dining commons, 850 Day Road. More than 35 vendors will be selling everything from unique arts and crafts, jewelry, handmade one-of-a-kind treasures, clothing, handbags, sweet delights and more. Enjoy a night out and get a good start on your holiday shopping. All proceeds support the Christopher High School Parent Club and are used for senior scholarships, honor roll recognition, staff appreciation and supplies for teachers.

DEAR ABBY: I was picked on and bullied as a child. I was very insecure and dealt with low self-esteem. Through counseling I was able to overcome these issues to become a successful wife and mother. My question is, how do I prevent this from happening to my children without being an overprotective "bear" of a mom? -- MAMA BEAR IN NEW YORK