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March 10, 2026

Counterfeit Bill Leads to Arrests of Two SJ Men

Four San Jose residents were arrested early Thursday morning

Buckets of rain wash over Valley

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Religion: God and the stranger

On Oct. 7, 1885 a 16-year-old German barber named Friedrich boarded a ship for New York.  Fleeing the military service then required in Germany, he became one of over a million German immigrants who flooded these shores between 1880 and 1885.  Once he had accumulated...

$5-10 million to care for animals

Thanks to a local animal lover, South County animal shelters and

Wrestling: Mustangs celebrate Alumni Night with rout of Monterey

Gilroy High’s wrestling team rode seven pins to a 61-15 home win over Monterey on Wednesday night as the host Mustangs celebrated Alumni Night.

Giacalone Electric to sue school district if not paid

A well-established Gilroy electrical company could go out of

Jimmie Rogers McCoy

We celebrate the life of our beloved husband, father, papa, brother, son and friend, Jimmie "Jim" McCoy, a generous and warm spirit, who died after a courageous, year-long battle with lung cancer.  He was 63.  Jimmie was born in Virginia, and raised in Ohio.  He later moved to the San Pablo Bay Area after marrying wife, Barbara of 42 years, where they raised their two children Jeffrey, and Elizabeth. Jimmie was a lover of sports, and coached many Pony baseball teams.  He loved golf and served a year as president for the Pinole Men's Golf Assoc.  His greatest golf achievement was his cherished hole-in-one at Franklin Canyon GC.  He enjoyed watching the horses run at Golden Gate Fields and once hit the "Pick Six".  He loved to watch football and enjoyed traveling after retiring from Safeway Warehouse in Tracy, CA where he worked for 27 yrs as a mechanic.  Jimmie also was a member of the S.I.R.S. club in Vallejo, and the Richmond Moose Lodge.  He lived his last remaining 15 years in Oakley, CA.  He is proceeded in death by his father, Robert "Mack" McCoy and brother Roy McCoy.  He is survived by his wife, Barbara McCoy (Brookshire); son, Jeffrey McCoy; daughter Elizabeth Rivera; son-in-law, Robert Rivera; grand daughters, Isabella & Analisa Rivera; daughter-in-law, Maria McCoy; mother, Bertie Marie McCoy; brothers, Richard, Corbet, Teddy Sr, Jerry and Michael McCoy; sisters, Ethel, Betty, Lorine, Becky and Linda; and many aunts, uncles, nephews, nieces, cousins, in-laws and friends.

Tennis club, pickleball players in dispute over use of courts

Fernando Imperio Bruce Serpa pickleball San Juan School
On a recent Wednesday afternoon in San Juan Bautista, a group of about a dozen people, paddles in hand, descended onto San Juan School’s courts to play a few matches of pickleball. The constant, but satisfying, hollowed pitch sound of the plastic ball being rallied...

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