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January 14, 2026

VTA Stuck in Spending Gear

It's time for the decade-old Valley Transportation Authority to

Editorial: ‘Yes, Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus’

The following editorial appeared in The New York Sun on Sept. 21, 1897 in response to a Letter To The Editor by 8-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon. Dear Editor, I am 8 years old. Some of my little friends say that there is no Santa Claus. Papa says...

Don’t merely react, take budget action

City leaders are pinning their hopes for Gilroy's fiscal future

How will Gilroy’s library story end?

Strike three. It's clear that despite earning a

Tom Bundros Library honors a true public servant

In these times of distrust of public officials, attacks on police and hate mongering, it’s reassuring to know that the dedication of individual citizens to their communities is still recognized and honored. It means that legacies of good and selfless work can live on as examples to all and all who will follow.

Cheers and Jeers: Dark-hearted and disturbed vandals without character

JEERS for the vandals who defiled the chapel at St. Mary's

Why build a house of flimsy cards?

'Money talks and

The art of cursive is being lost

Amidst current discussions and controversy about the merits and challenges of the new “Core Curriculum,” a less dramatic yet equally important issue is the trend away from teaching “cursive” in our schools. As a retired teacher and current voter, genealogist and sports fan, I think the loss of the ability to write (and therefore read) cursive is another step in the increasing “depersonalization” of our culture with potentially disastrous consequences. I was further reminded of this as I went to vote by mail, where, on the envelope, you are told emphatically to sign your name (not print it) for your vote to count.

Hopefully, Gavilan College Will Spend the Rest of the $100 Million More Wisely

'Unfortunately, the lighting on Sycamore Lane is better suited

Garlic Don’s 60th

Don Christopher wears a crisp, dark shirt embroidered with a 60-year medallion over the pocket. It commemorates a proud achievement for a business, but dresses a walking portal to history with a encyclopedic recall, a window into an how the global agricultural revolution underwent transformation during the second half of the 20th Century, and in Don’s case, transformed a community.

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