Editorial: The garlic is back
At last, the Gilroy Garlic Festival will have air conditioning.
No more baking in the mid-summer heat at Christmas Hill Park, where the temperature on the ground is further elevated by the intense flames of the pyro chefs. No more jostling for position underneath the...
Newsprint duties could hurt small newspapers
The printing press remains the symbol—despite the arrival of online news—of the Fourth Estate, of “Freedom of the Press.” That’s why for centuries one of the first acts of authoritarian rulers was to smash the printing presses of the opposition.
In 21st Century democracies, the...
State propositions an easy call: Voters should ‘just say no’ to all
Our advice on the propositions appearing on the Feb. 5











