Publisher’s view: Holiday traditions and Donald Duck
For the most part, holiday traditions are very similar across the world. Families come together to share the holiday spirit, gifts are exchanged and there is usually food involved. Generosity is spread to those less fortunate, and there tends to be a feeling of being uplifted.
Super Wal-Mart: not just dollars, but sense
Tonight, Wal-Mart officials will begin a gauntlet of Planning
Editorial: Santa Clara County embarrassingly unprepared for disaster
With all the money that’s spent in our county on flood prevention and control, it’s reasonable to expect that there would be some good plans to prevent a Katrina-style urban flood. Judging by what occurred to residents in neighborhoods to the north—in a modern city of a million people—it’s safe to conclude that local communities are not well prepared for large-scale natural disasters.
Downtown Gilroy’s traffic pattern is a real hazard
From our downtown perch on Sixth Street, we watched as an undercover California Highway Patrol officer almost got hit three times trying to cross the street.
He was not what you would think of as “undercover,” because he was wearing a fluorescent green shirt lit...
City Hall layoff process well intended, but counterproductive
The city of Gilroy is in rough financial shape. With more than










