Oakley: My best friend
How can I tell anyone why my dog is my best friend? How can I even come close to why he is my best friend? He is an 8 1/2-year-old Australian shepherd.
Maggie Hope: Healing hearts
Four months after my husband passed away from prostate cancer and leukemia, I had to have our 10-year-old black Lab put to sleep due to her increasing health problems. A couple of weeks later, I decided to go to the shelter in Atwater, where I was living at the time. (Just to look, of course!) That is where I met my Maggie Hope.
Macy: A gentle – and giant – soul
My grandson, 18-month-old Eiland Corwin Nelson, loves to nap with his auntie’s gentle St. Bernard, Macy. Macy was adopted from a shelter and she is very loving and gentle with kids and other dogs. We have other shelter dogs in our family and they have turned out to be absolutely wonderful! Eiland is our first grandchild and he really loves dogs.
2 letters: More criminals in state, Policies eat up tax dollars
‘Brilliant’ – California’s elected legislators vote to keep repeat offenders here
Reader: Why are lights, AC on when library is closed?
“Dear Red Phone, I'd like to know why the Gilroy public library has the air conditioning on and most of its lights on Sunday and Monday, when it's closed? I was just wondering.”
Putting a dent in diabetes
When Rafael Arce began training for Mt. Madonna YMCA’s new diabetes prevention program, he related on a personal level to its importance in the South County community.
Train service extended
South County economic developers are cheerleading Monterey County's plan to bring train service from Salinas to San Jose, with stops in Gilroy, Morgan Hill and eventually Castroville and Pajaro.
City not backing down on URM liens
Dealing with downtown's 18 unreinforced masonry buildings is slow-going but starting to yield results, following City Council's last-ditch effort in June to enforce liens on property owners who were noncompliant in retrofitting their buildings to local and state safety regulations.
