Editorial: Supreme Court Keeps City Officials from Hiding Records
The California Supreme Court last week put a sock in the argument that it’s OK for elected officials and government employees to keep citizens out of the loop by using private email and texting accounts to conduct the public’s business.
Half a century teaching, still going strong
Patti Littlejohn, who just celebrated her 50th anniversary teaching, sees no reason to retire. After 39 years at El Roble Elementary School in Gilroy teaching 3rd grade and kindergarten, she retired from public school teaching and came to St. Mary School in 2006 to teach the 4- and 5-year-old kindergarten programs.
GUSD’s Queen of Safety
Getting dumped as a teacher was the best thing ever for Cheryl Galloway’s education career.
Information about Great Wolf Lodge water park dries up
What amounts to a quasi-gag order has been imposed on talks about building a multi-million dollar waterslide-themed resort at the Gilroy Gardens Family Park, which is facing financial issues of its own.
Internationally Renowned Pianist Plays Gilroy
Three months ago she was in Japan and soon she’ll perform in Germany and the Netherlands, but on March 12, an internationally renowned, award-winning pianist who began playing as a 4-year-old in Taiwan will share her love of classical piano with Gilroy.
Opinion: How does immigration affect Gilroy?
Over the past decades, illegal immigration has been a political talking point, but just that. Little has been done one way or the other to address what one side sees as an economic crisis and the other as keeping the promise of the Statue of Liberty, to protect the tired and poor and let them share the American dream.
Buy Local, Get Paid
Families who buy California produce with federal food stamps will win a lottery of sorts, thanks to a new program that pays bonuses of up to $10 a day for buying local foods and is offered in one Gilroy supermarket.
Highway 152 open, kind of
After several weeks of being closed because of a collapsed roadway and overturned trees, Highway 152 is open, but with severe delays.
