A talk from the heart about second chances
Luis Alejo (D-Salinas) made a special appearance at Central High School Friday to speak to students. With about 100 or so students, Mayor Steve Tate, Morgan Hill Unified School District Superintendent Wes Smith and trustees Claudia Rossi and Ron Woolf, the assembly member spoke about his childhood and how he got to the state capitol. He said he was arrested at 16 while attending Watsonville High School and was put on juvenile probation. After another offense his senior year, the school told him with one more problem, he would be expelled.Â
Cat declawing, book censorship among new 2026 laws
Every year, lawmakers in Sacramento introduce a flurry of bills, most of which are eviscerated during the legislative process and end up on the Assembly or Senate trash heap. A select few make it to the governor’s desk, and assuming they dodge the veto...
Pace will race, after all
The pool of candidates vying for one of four soon-to-be-vacant seats on the Gilroy Unified School District Board of Education grew as of of Thursday.
Rail authority holding more meetings in Gilroy, Morgan Hill
The California High-Speed Rail Authority will host community
Gilroy City Council to look at three contentious issues Monday
The Gilroy City Council will look at three hotbed issues at its
City weathers economy, on track with budget projections
The city's budgetary outlook may be bad, but it's not getting
