THE LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE OF MORGAN HILL, GILROY & SAN MARTIN
SEPTEMBER 7, 2018
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A supplement to the Gilroy Dispatch & Morgan Hill Times
SVCT Turns
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South Valley Civic Theater celebrates 50 years
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Local theater company delights audiences for a half-century P4
MOUNT HARKNESS P8 | SENIOR SERVICES P16
COUNTY PICKS UP STRAY PETS P5 | CREEK CLEANUP NEEDS HELP P9 | FIRST ST. WATER WORK SEPT. 10 P11
THE LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE OF SAN BENITO COUNTY
ESTABLISHED 1868
SEPTEMBER 7, 2018
Tourist Hat7, Coffee started small A New SV MediaHollister’s publication Friday, September 2018
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A supplement to the Hollister Free Lance
Worldly Beans
Ranch east of Gilroy is scene of livestock slaughter Local Hollister roaster features coffees from the four corners P4
MOUNT HARKNESS P8 | SENIOR SERVICES P16
LOCAL RANCH LAND OWNER ACCUSED OF KILLING CATTLE DUG UP ON HIS LAND OFF 152 By Barry Holtzclaw Managing Editor
Robert Eliason
A Fremont man who owns ranch land east of Gilroy is free after posting $200,000 bail last week on more than a dozen felony charges related to the slaughter and burial of at least 11 cattle in a grazing dispute. Santa Clara County Sheriff ’s Office deputies arrested Marc Belluomini, 54, at his residence in Fremont on Aug. 27, and announced the arrest the next day, after Belluomini was charged with . 11 counts of animal cruelty, two counts of Illegal cattle driving, and one count of brandishing a firearm. Deputies identified Belluomini as the owner of a large parcel of land in unincorporated Santa Clara County east of Gilroy, near the large Canada de Los Osos Ecological Preserve off Highway 152.
FEATHERED FRIEND Joy Joyner and her rehabilitated friend, barn owl Bernadette, prior to the owl’s return to the wild.
Healed owl soars
➝ Dead Cattle, 13
Robert Eliason
NATURAL WONDER WERC volunteer since 2011, Jennifer Will helps with the release of a rehabilitated barn owl at Aver Family Vineyards on Sunday, Sept. 2.
More than 100 local wine and nature lovers gathered at Aver Family Vineyards, 2900 Soma Way, Gilroy, to witness the release of a rehabilitated barn owl Sunday, Sept. 2. The release, coordinated by the Wildlife Education and Rehabilitation Center (WERC), took place at dusk, and owl watchers were invited to bring along a picnic and take part in libations sold by Aver Family Vineyards. WERC representatives were on site with staff owls Barnadette to discuss WERC’s wildlife education and rehabilitation programs.
For more information, visit: werc-ca.org.
Saint Louise owner files for reorganization VERITY HEALTH SYSTEM WANTS TO SELL, COUNTY WANTS TO BUY By Barry Holtzclaw Managing Editor
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The owners of Saint Louise Regional Hospital on Aug. 31 filed for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11 to “reorganize
and facilitate an orderly and efficient sale process.” The announcement by Verity Health System of California, Inc, a nonprofit healthcare system, that on Aug. 31 it had filed the voluntary petition for protection under Chapter 11 of the U.S. bankruptcy code in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Los Angeles is potentially good news for Santa County County officials.
Santa Clara County last month submitted an offer to buy two of Verity’s six hospitals, Saint Louise Regional Hospital in Gilroy and O’Connor Hospital in San Jose, for an undisclosed price. Verity has secured debtor-inpossession financing of up to $185 million, the company announced, to keep its doors open until it is sold, likely in pieces. In addition to its two hospitals in Santa Clara
County, Verity is looking to sell the two it operates in San Mateo County and its two hospitals in Los Angeles. “This additional liquidity will enable continued operations without interruption to highquality patient care, employees and suppliers throughout the Chapter 11 process,” the company ➝ Chapter 11, 2
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