WOW! What a nice home in a GREAT LOCATION! Don’t miss seeing this one.
This 1,700 s.f. home sits on a 14,000 s.f. lot just 3.5 miles from Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk and only 30 miles from Silicon Valley. A few block away is Pasatiempo Golf & Country Club – rated the 3rd best course in CA!
Here is a home with a compelling backyard and huge side yard. Enjoy the gazebo and hot tub. The customized deck even has 3 gas outlets for your BBQ and radiant heaters.
Take a look at the VIDEO Tour of: 3 Lyle Way, Santa Cruz, CA. It will be like being there. Then, call/text me for your own, personal tour.
Not only is San Jose, CA the highest home-value-appreciation area in the US (see 2/10/11 post below), it is also the city with the happiest employees in the country. This Forbes article puts San Jose on top and San Francisco right behind it.
And, since the majority of those who live in Hollister, Gilroy, and Morgan Hill drive to the San Jose area for work we can safely assume that we are also the happiest employees in the US. Right?
After all, we have 2 of our own In-N-Out restaurants, the Gilroy Premium Outlets and 3 lakes.
Now if we could just get Hwy. 101 widened from Hwy. 152 in Gilroy to Hwy. 85 in San Jose we would all be a lot happier.
Little ole Hollister’s marching band will represent CA in a 10th Anniversary of 911.
The marching band from San Benito High School will be one of only two schools from California to march in the 2011 New York Veterans Day Parade.
The Free Lance Newspaper article provides some of the basic information but is lacking one, very important angle: when and where are the fund raisers going to be?
Sending all of the band members, their instruments and leaders to New York will not be an inexpensive event.
A recent change in the typical fund raising events, however, is going to cause some interesting challenges. It seems that band member families and supporting friends will not be allowed to have bake sales. No more homemade cookies, pies and cakes. Something to do with health code issues? Could it be that the First Lady’s influence has already affect our little community? Or, is it local bakeries complaining about competition?
Are we going to have to devise a different slogan? It’s always been: “Good old mom and apple pie”. Will we have to say: “Cellophane-wrapped, expiration date stamped, virtual pie”?
We are thrilled about our home town band being selected! There is nothing like the sound of horns and drums blaring down Main Street USA. Couldn’t we keep some of the same emotional foundations like home made goodies? And, by the way, who says my wife’s killer homemade fudge can’t help the tuba player go to New York?
TODAY – Please study the “General Election” pamphlet; carefully consider each office’s best candidate and decide for yourself. Encourage everyone in your family, your neighbors and co-workers to do the same.
TOMORROW – schedule time to go and vote at your precinct (if you haven’t already voted by mail). Offer to drive neighbors, or whomever needs a ride to their precinct.
THIS election is one of the most important elections in our life time. YOUR VOTE DOES COUNT!
After you watch the VIDEO Tour of this nice home you will feel like you have been there.
This remodeled 3 bedroom, 2 bath home lies directly in heart of Silicon Valley. The kitchen has been completely redone. Each room as a double pane, vinyl slider for lots of natural light and energy efficiency. There is new central A/C and, a new forced air furnace. The full size back yard is private and secure.
In addition to most of the major employers known to Silicon Valley many of their supporting companies are within a very easy commute as well.
This home is also conveniently located near many cultural venues. “Murphy Street” is just 3 blocks away. Schools, parks and every kind of shopping you could want are just a short walk or drive away.
So. Enjoy the VIDEO Tour. Any comments? Just add them here.
Here’s a “High 5” for Gilroy City Council and Police Chief Denise Turner! Gilroy has a ’dangerous dog’ ordinance with some new “teeth” in its consequences.
Those who parade their dangerous dog like a warning sign will be responsible for their pet’s conduct: they now have strict liabilities for the costs of insurance, spay/neutering, microchipping and fines. I just wish such an ordinance was on the books earlier…
The appraiser for one of our sales was attacked by the occupant’s dog even when the dog’s owner was right there with the appraiser. I was in another part of the home and heard the commotion. Unless you have experienced it yourself you cannot know the horror such an attack can have. Not only is the event itself bone-chilling but the vivid memory of the attack lives long in the mind of the innocent person who was assaulted. To the appraiser’s credit the value of the home was not negatively affected.
A friend of ours little girl was playing with her neighbor friends when their dog attacked her. The top half of her ear was torn off and she had teeth punctures in her forehead. The medical treatment included a rabies regimine. While she recovered physically that girl had emotional problems for many years after.
What do you think? Do you think Gilroy’s toughened animal control ordinance went too far, not far enough? If you think Gilroy, like San Francisco and Santa Monica over reacted to dangerous dogs I have one question for you: have you personally been involved in or know intimately of, a dog attack?
Click here for the details of Gilroy’s new ordinance.
In these Dog Days of Summer it seems like every other home I show in Gilroy lately has a pet door in the garage door entry to the home. There is nothing more exciting than to have “Spike” come blasting through the door to check out who is in his home.
Gilroy, as well as virtually every other city, has a building code requiring that homes be built with a firewall between the attached garage and the home. Many house fires begin in the garage so the firewall is engineered to impede a fire which starts in the garage from spreading to the home. Most jurisdictions require the firewall to provide such a delay for up to two hours.
While making “Spike’s” life a little more convenient the homeowner who puts a pet door in the the door leading into the home from the garage may have problems collecting from their homeowners insurance where a fire began in the garage.
I find it interesting that many insurance agents say homeowners with such pet doors will still be covered yet home inspectors seem compelled to address this issue in their written reports.
Occasionally, a homeowner will cut the firewall for attic access or to install a drop down ladder. They may face the same dilemma with their insurance company.
Building Code also requires that your garage-to-home door have a functioning, self-closing, hinge. For obvious reasons that door needs to close so that the firewall retards the spread of a garage fire. For reasons beyond me some homeowners disengage such a hinge. Again, such a move may prove costly later.
So, why not check with your homeowner insurance agent and see what their position is on the doggie door dilemma. We can check with the City’s code enforcement folks. Sorry “Spike”. Of course the standing rule remains: “caveat emptor”.
As I hear the familiar sounds of the pickers in my apricot orchard I’m reminded that it is that time of the year for the Gilroy Garlic Festival.
31 years ago Dr. Rudy Melone decided that Gilroyans shouldn’t be embarrassed or apologetic about our prolific crop of garlic but be proud of it. Dr. Melone also thought that the “Stinky Rose” could be a fund raising source and activity for his beloved community. So he cornered the local garlic farmers and convinced them to hold such an event and earn some funds for the local Rotary club. A media luncheon was held and they were also convinced. Reluctant city leaders were pulled into the fray and 7 months later, in 1979, the first G arlic Festival arrived.
That 1st festival netted $19,000. In the 30 years since then, more than $8 million has been given back to the community!
But what I really like is the cheerful community involvement where hundreds of charity and non-profit groups work side by side as volunteers and vendors earning funds for their group. The Gilroy Gators Swim Teams earns over $6,000 during the 3 day event. Hope Rehabilitation earns more than $3,000. Even the $400 earned by Sunset 4-H club is much more than they could earn selling cookies in front of the market. My son-in-law is a Scout Master of a local Boy Scout troop. They will earn all of their entire year’s operating funds from selling lemon aid at the Festival.
When we say it is “tons of fun” for the visitors we mean that, literally: approximately 11 tons of beef, 5 tons of pasta, 5 tons of calamari, 3 tons of scampi and 3 tons of fresh Christopher Ranch garlic is expected to be consumed by the 100,000 patrons. Additionally, there are live bands, events for the kids, and all of the normal fun activities you would expect as such a world class event.
Why not plan on coming out for good food, lots of fun and helping so many good organizations. This year’s Festival will be held on Friday – Sunday, 7/24 -25-26. Gates open at 10:00 AM. For more information go to: gilroygarlicfestival.com
San Benito County’s famous “Pinnacles National Monument” is joining 146 other national parks and monuments in offering free admission weekends this summer.
Interior Secretary, Ken Salazar, said: “During these tough economic times, our national parks provide opportunities for affordable vacations for families.”
‘The Pinnacles’, Grand Canyon, Yosemite and dozens of other Parks will not be charging entrance fees on June 20-21, July 18-19 or August 15-16. The normal fees at ‘The Pinnacles’ are: $5 per vehicle (regardless of the number of passengers) and is good for 7 days; or a $3 walk-in fee for those adults entering the Park on foot or bicycle. The Park also offers an annual pass for $15.
On the national scene, 275 million visitors enjoyed the national parks last year. Those visits generated an estimated $10.6 and supported more than 213,000 jobs.
So, come and see the incredible Pinnacle National Monument this summer for free. If you buy a hamburger and soda too our local economy will appreciate it.
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In an attempt by Santa Clara County’s Transportation Agency to close a $10.1 million budget gap consideration of terminating Caltrain service to Gilroy has been discussed for some time. However, thanks to persistent lobbying by Lisa Rheinheimer, executive director of the San Benito County Council of Governments, commuter train service for Gilroy will continue. The Transportation Agency was also presented with a resolution from the Hollister City Council and San Benito County Board of Supervisors in support of continuation of the Gilroy Service. Additionally, nearly 700 comments from the public, most of which were in support of keeping Gilroy train services, helped the Agency to keep Gilroy in the loop.
Some changes in service will impact commuters. To save nearly $2 million in next year’s budget the mid-day service will run every hour rather than every half hour. Parking costs will go up $1 to $3 per day. The bulk ticket “Go” passes will also see a slight fee increase.
So, of the 39,122 riders on the Caltrain system (2/09), the 324 commuters from South Santa Clara County can keep their transportation plans on track.
