South County Housing narrowly avoids foreclosure
The City of Morgan Hill will continue to try to help a longtime affordable home developer whose most recent local project is underwater and suffering from the shockwaves of last decade’s housing crash.
Metering lights: Why aren’t they turned on?
Dear Red Phone: "Do you know when the metering lights at the Tennant, Dunne and Cochrane on-ramps to Highway 101 will be turned on? I hate the daily congestion I experience on 101 every morning."
Expand your horizons in the New Year
“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self,” Ernest Hemingway once wrote. This philosophy is a perfect one to ponder as we journey into 2013.
Help find Calli
Calli is approximately 7 or 8 years old, white with a dark calico patchwork pattern. She is about 15 pounds and went missing Dec. 7. She was wearing a collar of maroon fabric with a tag. If you’ve seen her, call Caron Wolff at (408) 661-6929.
Silvester
Silvester is a 5-year-old miniature pinscher who is sweet, relaxed, knows some commands and is good with other dogs. He has been at the San Martin Animal Shelter since September. If you are interested in adopting this or any other animal at the shelter, please call (408) 686-3900.
Wife has choice words on man’s love for lips
DEAR ABBY: Please help save my marriage. My wife of five years discovered an Internet browser history of 13 Web pages I had clicked on the previous day. The pages were of women's sexy lips. My wife is calling it "porn" and a "gateway to porn." I feel guilty about it, but I told her it isn't pornography. I think it's a fetish. She says I'm using that word to get off the hook.
Readers find creative way to combat cemetery thieves
DEAR ABBY: May I comment on the letter from "Itching to Get Even in Cincinnati" (Oct. 1), the woman who was upset that the handmade wreaths she had placed on her family graves had been stolen?
Hardy, Maldia lead Bulldogs past Dons
Isaiah Hardy had 15 points, eight rebounds and four steals, Kristian Maldia added 15 points, four assists and four steals, and Sobrato High’s boys basketball team edged visiting Del Mar on Saturday, 53-50.
Tips to keep 2012 holiday travel safe
With rainy weather over the final shopping weekend before Christmas and more storms forecast for Christmas Day, the California Highway Patrol prepared itself for “some of the toughest challenges.”











