Roundup: SHS softball suffers first league loss
Sobrato softball lost for the first time in Santa Teresa Division play by 6-5 score Wednesday to Lincoln.
Coming up aces
As a driving force who has conquered many obstacles on the road to success, Katie Obbema is a microcosm of the 2012 Live Oak softball team.
Flores: Disney documentary gives human qualities to ‘Chimpanzees’
It’s become a tradition for Disney to release a nature-related film around Earth Day each year and donate a portion of the ticket sales from the first week to a nature-related cause. This year’s film is about a family of chimpanzees living in a remote part of Africa and 20 cents from each ticket sold during the opening week went to the Jane Goodall Institute for the Disneynature Tchimpounga Nature Reserve Project with a minimum of $100,000 pledged to the program.
Around the Water Cooler: Supporting ‘stand your ground’ laws
Question of the week: Do you support ‘stand your ground’ laws like the one in Florida that has so far prevented police from arresting the admitted killer of unarmed teen Trayvon Martin?
Missing 12-year-old found not long after police alerted
A 12-year-old Morgan Hill boy who was reported missing late Thursday has been found – shortly after police sent out an automated voice message to alert the public of his disappearance, according to Morgan Hill Police Cadet Victoria Naranjo.
49ers select Illinois wide receiver Jenkins
Using his 4.31-second speed in the 40-yard dash, Illinois wide receiver A.J. Jenkins dashed to the bathroom during Thursday night’s NFL draft.
Feds accept hospital’s remedy plan
A plan of correction addressing “serious” and “critical” deficiencies at Saint Louise Regional Hospital received the stamp of approval from the Federal Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which will conduct an unannounced follow-up survey within the year to ensure the hospital is meeting all the conditions of participation as a Medicare provider.
Changes proposed for local wineries
Santa Clara Valley wineries that have yet to navigate the “ungodly” labyrinth that is “permit land” could pay to host certain events such as concerts, cook-offs and other commercial shindigs.
‘America’s Most Wanted’ joins search for Sierra
One of the country’s best-known crime fighters and victims’ advocates hopes to find Sierra LaMar by bringing prolonged national attention to the teen who remains missing after six weeks.












