Jim Berkland: Quake Prophet
Our View: Geologist Jim Berkland's earthquake predictions should
Unshackle Measure A
In 2016, county voters overwhelmingly agreed to tax themselves and spend $950 million to address the housing crisis and shelter more than 5,000 homeless persons.
A year later, developers showed up for a November 2017 Board of Supervisors meeting to receive project approvals but...
Editorial: Justice and unity will combat hate crimes
In recent years, hate crimes have risen to alarming levels across the globe, revealing a disturbing undercurrent of prejudice, division and intolerance that threatens the social fabric of our communities. These crimes, fueled by hatred and ignorance, are not just attacks on individuals or...
Gilroyans? What should we call people who live in Gilroy?
Gilroyans? What should we call people who live in Gilroy?
Not a week goes by that someone doesn’t complain about our use of the word Gilroyans to describe the people who live in Gilroy.
Yeah, it’s not a word that most people would use in conversation,...
Editorial: DA should drop conspiracy charges
District Attorney Jeff Rosen’s conspiracy case against political supporters of Sheriff Laurie Smith has not gone smoothly.
An appeals court in May removed the DA’s office from prosecuting one case, and then the state Supreme Court declined to hear the DA’s appeal. In August, Attorney...
Analysis: Sheriffs, Guns & Money
As a young journalist, I was invited to a meeting with Sheriff Bob Winter at an insurance office. At one point, one of the attendees asked the folksy Gilroyan if there was anything he could do to help. I remember Winter saying he needed...
Editorial: Time for oversight
Smith believes the county’s actual infected population as of Tuesday is closer to 10,000, rather than the official count of 459 announced earlier this week.
Hindsight 2019
Oct. 25
Time to say thank you
Quietly, organically and without delay, our community—and people who had never even visited our community—demonstrated by their selflessness and their gift-giving that humanity and compassion have the capacity to build bridges, join hands, make alliances, find common ground and...
Becerra gambles with lives
It is now too late to try and convince California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to back off, and allow Saint Louise and O’Connor hospitals to be saved by Santa Clara County.
He has doubled down, and all of his cards are on the table. This...
Rally Round Downtown Gilroy – please join in
1. Refreshing simple concept with far-reaching possibilities