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Used condoms, handcuffs box found during Sierra LaMar search

March 29, 2012

Used condoms and an empty handcuff box were found Thursday by a volunteer searcher at the west end of Palm Avenue, about a mile from missing teen Sierra LaMar’s bus stop in Morgan Hill, though Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith said Thursday night that “it’s possibly nothing.”

Romero murder suspects’ hearing postponed

March 29, 2012

The plea hearing for the five suspects accused of killing Tara Romero, 14, and trying to kill three other teens Nov. 4, 2011 was postponed.

Court documents shed light on crash that killed Gaines

March 29, 2012

Dennis Leffew, the San Jose man who was recently charged with vehicular manslaughter in the Nov. 6 crash that later resulted in the death of Gavilan College basketball player Andrel Gaines, turned himself in to police Monday and is being held on $250,000 bail in the San Mateo County Jail, according to Karen Guidotti, chief deputy with the San Mateo County DA’s Office.

No, Sinaloa’s restaurant is not closing

March 29, 2012

“Red Phone, there’s word in town that Sinaloa’s is going to close. Tell us it’s not true.”

Hey! Take a hike

March 29, 2012

It has been a dry winter and the trivial rainfall we have received has left the hills a timid shade of green.

Honor for Mike

March 29, 2012

Before he became a Gavilan Community College trustee, Rotary Club member, church choir singer, Leadership Morgan Hill graduate, business owner, avid fisherman and horseback rider, and a long list of other titles reflecting what his friends classify as unwavering ambition and devotion to those around him far and wide, Mike Davenport was an officer in the U.S. Navy.

A stone’s throw from home

March 29, 2012

McAlpine Lake is nature at its unnatural best. Aside from the obvious – a 40-foot-deep ecosystem holding 90 million gallons of artesian spring water tapped from below – the manmade fishing hole and accompanying park near San Juan Bautista are a haven for wildlife and landscaped as if evolution took a favorable, gradual toll on the property.

A welcome home with dignity

March 29, 2012

When he stepped off the plane in San Jose for a visit to see his parents and siblings, U.S. Marine Cpl. Ryan Bennett, 24, had “no clue” that he would be greeted by two rows of patriotic strangers clad in biker gear, toting American flags and saluting just for him.

Hunger games: What’s for breakfast?

March 29, 2012

One could argue that breakfast joints are the meat-and-potatoes of a city's culinary profile. Local greasy spoons are where we fuel up in the morning, reunite with old friends or pacify that nagging hangover with heaven-sent hash browns and a plate of everything smothered in gravy.

Religion: There are many mountaintops and all reach for the stars

Floral festivities

Help needed at Bay Area food banks

Council to accept $72K donation for Magical Bridge playground

VTA proposes cuts to South County service

Used condoms, handcuffs box found during Sierra LaMar search

Romero murder suspects’ hearing postponed

Court documents shed light on crash that killed Gaines

No, Sinaloa’s restaurant is not closing

Hey! Take a hike

Honor for Mike

A stone’s throw from home

A welcome home with dignity

Hunger games: What’s for breakfast?

Friends of the San Martin Animal Shelter celebrates 10 years of saving cats

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