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When Menlo Park resident Melanie Souffront read on the Garlic

Santa Clara County voters should reject Measure A, which would raise the sales tax rate to a staggering 10% for most residents. This would cost families hundreds or even thousands of dollars per year. Measure A is misleading, regressive and financially irresponsible. We shouldn’t reward...

On Aug. 22, five local teens obtained the rank of Eagle Scout—the highest in the Boy Scouts of America program. Aakash Vashee, Richard Carini, Garrett Pipkin, Nestor Lopez and Daniel Fisser were all promoted to Eagle Scout during a ceremony at the Gilroy Elks Lodge. Each scout needed at least 21 merit badges and to complete extensive services projects to be eligible for promotion. Photos by Andrew Marquez for the Dispatch.

Monte Vista Christian snapped Christopher High varsity

Did you know that Hanukkah (also spelled Chanukah and other variations) always falls on the 25th of…Kislev, but what is Kislev? Kislev is a Hebrew month in the Jewish lunar calendar.  This means Jewish months follow the cycle of the moon. Akin to our Gregorian...

More than one dozen bullets ripped through a family home on

The seeding for the Central Coast Section baseball and softball

Gilroy resident Rosino LeGan, 17, will compete in the USA Boxing National Championships in Spokane, Wash., from Monday until April 6.

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