Tag: california
Royal Clothiers named Small Business of the Year
Downtown Morgan Hill’s Royal Clothiers, owned by Carlos Perez, is named the 2026 Senate District 15 Small Business of the Year in recognition of...
Letter: Mountain lions under intense territorial pressure
In my last letter, I used conservative data from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife to argue that mountain lion populations are exceeding...
Guest View: Get on the Bus in support of education
As your State Senator representing the 15th Senate District in the California State Legislature, I am grateful to serve such an involved, engaged and...
Letter: It’s time for state’s billionaires to pay taxes like us
Every year around tax time, I come home from a long shift, still in scrubs, and sit down with my pay stubs, trying to...
Report shows Gilroy falling behind in housing numbers
The City of Gilroy issued only 37 residential building permits in 2025, but sizable new housing projects proposed or “in the pipeline” over the...
Guest View: State, Congress should act now to protect youth online
It’s heartbreaking that in today’s world, every time a child picks up a phone or tablet, parents feel a wave of panic. Not long...
Letter: Mountain lion policy endangers the public
In my previous letters, I documented the public’s concern regarding mountain lion activity. Since then, on Feb. 12 the California Department of Fish and...
Brown Act update requires Gilroy to maintain remote meeting access
An update to California’s Ralph M. Brown Act—which ensures that local government meetings are open to the public—requires Gilroy and other cities to offer...
Court overturns 2017 conviction of Sierra LaMar’s suspected killer
Santa Clara County authorities are considering their next steps after an appeals court overturned the conviction of a man accused of kidnapping and murdering...
State reps push for farmworker tax credits, more overtime
State Sen. Shannon Grove, R-Bakersfield, and state Sen. Melissa Hurtado, D-Bakersfield, introduced legislation to create a tax credit for agricultural employers to help cover...
