School district rolls out housing project plan
A first look at plans for 80 or more houses on the former Las Animas school site raised concerns Tuesday when project drawings were formally unveiled to folks who will have to live with the development.
Time to stand together
The massacre last week at the French satire publication Charlie Hebdo was a direct affront to our freedoms of speech and expression. Sunday’s march in Paris was an expression of solidarity and the fact that we won’t cower to the terrorist acts of extremists of any stripe. As journalists, we must never allow anyone or anything to affect our right to speak and report freely and to express our opinions. Free speech and expression were a relative novelty on planet Earth at the violent birth of our republic nearly 240 years ago. Patriots who called themselves Americans even before we existed as a nation died for what they believed and we continue to believe to be among the fundamental rights of humankind. And Americans have died ever since protecting and defending those freedoms and those who enjoy them, often perhaps with little thought to the sacrifices or what their world would be like absent free speech and expression. In the wake of the Paris massacre of journalists, Jews and police officers targeted by those who murder in the name of religion, we as Americans must be vigilant, stand like steel and never surrender what is right and what so many have laid down their lives and loved ones to safe-keep for the future of this country and the world.
Prep Roundup: Jan. 15
Chad Hartman led Christopher into uncharted territory Wednesday as the team notched its first ever win over San Benito.Â
Hospital battle rages in Gilroy
It was squeeze-in-only room at Gilroy City Hall as an overflow crowd of more than 100 people squared off over the proposed sale of Saint Louise Regional Hospital and DePaul Medical Center in Morgan Hill. Dozens waited hours for a two-minute chance to give their two-cents on an issue that has divided communities and a union.
Hawk set for release in February
New Year’s resolutions abound this time of year. For humans, they often include the usual resolve to quit smoking, lose weight and exercise more.
Streetlights on Murray Avenue about ready to light the darkness
I’m having a problem getting five streetlights on Murray Avenue lit. There are five streetlights that have been out since March. I’ve talked to Henry and Joe and they told us by October it would be done, and they still haven’t done it. The last thing they said was that it was political. I don’t know what that means. Maybe you can help me.
