Scrapbook May 3, 2013
ENGAGEMENT: Sung/Leal: Janice Yong-mi Sung and Nicholas Joseph Leal are engaged to be married.
DA says gun case ‘pending’ after boxer claimed it’s ‘taken care of’
A Queens County District Attorney spokesperson responded to Gilroy boxer Robert Guerrero’s claim – that gun charges stemming from his March 28 arrest at a New York airport are “taken care of” – by saying his comment “doesn’t change the case.”
Gilroy’s Jewish cemetery expanded, beautified
The 36-month project to expand and beautify the existing Jewish section of the Gavilan Hills Memorial Park at 1000 First St. in Gilroy has finally been completed.
RDA settlement frees up $19 million in bond proceeds for downtown projects
Heralding a “new spirit of cooperation” among local public officials, and finally a return of local control over the future of downtown properties, the Morgan Hill Redevelopment Oversight Board approved the settlement of a lawsuit that sought to limit the worst possible repercussions of the state’s labyrinthine 2012 redevelopment wind-down law.
Middle schooler’s hearing aids can’t tune out laughter
DEAR ABBY: Last year, I began to lose my hearing due to a genetic disorder and now I have to wear hearing aids. I will be a freshman in high school next year. My teachers all have to wear microphones so I can hear them.
Boxing: Ruben Guerrero calls Mayweather ‘woman beater’ as dads nearly brawl at news conference
Wednesday’s final news conference before Saturday’s WBC welterweight title fight was meant for the fighters, as Gilroy boxer Robert Guerrero will face pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Boxing: Guerrero tells ESPN gun charges ‘all taken care of’
Gilroy boxer Robert Guerrero told ESPN on Tuesday that the gun charges stemming from his March 28 arrest at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York are “all taken care of.”
Man peeking out of closet should open it all the way
DEAR ABBY: My oldest son came out to me as a gay man in a private conversation. I have no problem with him being gay; however, I DO have a problem with the fact that he has asked me not to tell anyone. He isn't ready to come out to anyone else. I tried to advise him that until he is true to himself, he won't be happy. My son says if he comes out to anyone else, it would "hurt so many people."








