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Eerie. That’s what the weather is. Clear and borderline surreal twinkling-star nights. Cold. Dry. Not a drop in sight. Trees parched. Citrus in my weeping garden has gone to the ghost. Never in my near 30 years here have we had such a stretch of 20-degree nights and near 70-degree December days with zero precipitation. No sprouting green grass for the rabbits or the deer or the cattle or for these Irish eyes to gaze upon. The verdant path leading to spring has been vanquished by our mysterious Mother Nature.

The crumbling red barn on the ranch side of Christmas Hill Park may or may not be traceable to one of the area’s most prominent historical figures, cattle baron Henry Miller. While that matters to a degree, the point remains: the red barn is still a part of Gilroy history. The real question is how much the community values that history.

Gilroy boxer Robert ‘The Ghost’ Guerrero is looking to part ways with Golden Boy Promotions.

Dear Red Phone,

An estimated 40,000 new laws, regulations and resolutions were approved by legislators nationwide in 2013, including 800 in California.

Rosy and Rich Bergin, longtime owners of Rosy’s At The Beach restaurant and Bubbles Wine Bar in downtown Morgan Hill, are in the process of selling Bubbles Wine Bar, Rosy said Wednesday.

Janet Burback turns on the TV first thing every morning and waits for the local weather forecast to appear.

As water in California becomes an increasingly precious resource, South County authorities remain committed to expanding the availability of recycled wastewater for the most prolific consumers of the life-sustaining element.

Haleigh Dalke, a 17-year-old senior at GHS, is this week's "Student of the Week."

Families in the market for a new home could soon have their sights set on Gilroy, as two developments proposing a total of 78 single-family residential lots are slated for construction as early as this summer.