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“It hasn't sunk in yet because I'm still working,” Jesus "Jesse" Casillas said with a chuckle as he unloaded a bundle of mail out of the back of his truck for the last time. “It's going to be different. I've done this so long it's a big change.”

For the first time in nearly 30 years a husband and wife team is leading the National Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (SUVCW) and the National Auxiliary to SUVCW.

Every dog does have its day. Some dogs are lucky enough to have more than one lucky day in their lifetime.

City and county officials cleared out a homeless encampment Oct. 3, effectively evicting a family who says they have no other place to go. A 100-bed emergency shelter operates between December and March in Gilroy, but the Garlic Capital has no year-round overnight shelter.

What was once a storage area at Rebekah Children's Services has been transformed into a one-stop-shop for parents and young children as a place work together on building the skills to enter school—and succeed once they get there.

What a grand idea: a “destination” birth. When my son, Sean, and his wife, Casey, suggested that their second child—already named Sasha—be born in Cape Town, South Africa, my wife Kathy and I were excited.

First-year students at Gavilan College who planned the basics of their futures this school year  when they started classes will receive an extra carrot: priority registration.

In a historic first for public education in the state, Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation Sunday that allows community colleges to award bachelor's degrees in fields not currently served by the California State University or University of California schools.

GILROY—A little more than three months ago, Caley Camarillo lost her lifelong battle with cystic fibrosis. Though the 12-year-old Gilroy girl is longer physically here, her mother, Teresa Camarillo, is working to ensure her daughter’s memory will live on.

Dale Rouse has no idea when he'll die. He just knows he's sick and he knows he's still madly in love.