Buildingkidz School grand opening
The Morgan Hill Chamber of Commerce conducted a ribbon cutting June 27 at the new performing arts themed preschool in Morgan Hill. Along with Morgan Hill Chamber staff and ambassadors, owner Vineeta Bhandavi and the school’s manager and primary teacher, Pattie Fernandez, attended.
MHUSD giving away old books
The Morgan Hill Unified School District has a wide variety of kindergarten through 12th grade materials that it is offering free to the public, which can rummage through them July 31 at the Live Oak High School Library, located at 1505 East Main Avenue in Morgan Hill.
Calling all shutterbugs: Submit your fab photos to Mike Wasserman’s contest
District 1 Supervisor Mike Wasserman is holding a 2013 Summer Photo Contest inviting participants to submit their snapshots exemplifying why Santa Clara County (District 1) is the No. 1 place to be in the summer.
Idea for surprise wedding may need further thought
DEAR ABBY: I am thinking about planning a "surprise" wedding for me and my fiance. We have been together for eight years and have lived together for seven. We put off the wedding for many reasons, chiefly the cost because those things are expensive. We do not want to just elope.
Your local ag briefs: Photo contest, conservation award and Farm Bureau ups social media presence
Santa Clara County Farm Bureau launches Facebook and Twitter accounts
July 5 marks busiest day in County history for marriage licenses
The Santa Clara County Clerk Recorder’s office continues to see a growing demand for marriage licenses following last month’s court rulings that upheld same-sex unions in California, as the office issued more licenses Friday than any other day in County history, according to County staff.
UPDATED: More drunken driving suspects arrested during post-holiday weekend
Police throughout Santa Clara County reported Sunday they arrested 95 drunken driving suspects on the roads during Independence Day and the post-holiday weekend. Officers from 13 law enforcement agencies throughout the county made the arrests between Wednesday and Sunday night as part of the annual “Avoid the 13” holiday DUI crackdown, according to Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Deputy Kurtis Stenderup. With the use of grant funds from the state and federal government, county police agencies during the DUI campaign use saturation patrols and DUI checkpoints during holiday weekends and other times when a higher-than-usual volume of motorists are on the roads, according to police. Funding for the Avoid the 13 campaign is provided by the California Office of Traffic Safety and the National Highway Traffic Administration, police said. Anyone may call 911 to report suspected impaired motorists.
Husband, wife don’t agree on what cheating means
DEAR ABBY: At what point is a relationship with a member of the opposite sex considered "cheating"? I have recently discovered that my husband was having a more-than-friendly relationship with a co-worker. He set up a post office box for her so she could write to him while she was away for an extended period.
Victim of bullying in school not ready to forgive
DEAR ABBY: I was bullied from second grade all through school. In junior high the abuse was both emotional and physical, and it happened on a daily basis. My parents' response was that maybe I was the problem -- and if I wasn't, people would stop picking on me. (That's a letter for another day.)









