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September 16, 2025

Letter: Reducing energy costs as natural gas prices rise

West Coast natural gas prices have been rising this winter, and PG&E wants our customers to know their energy bills are likely to rise as a result. PG&E does not control the market prices we pay for natural gas, and we don’t mark up the...

Letter: Reject distracting billboard proposal

Don't let short term revenue lure us into allowing a new, distracting technology into our environment. We get most of our input through our eyes—people are bombarded non-stop with visual distractions, especially advertising. We had to add yellow frames around stop lights to enhance...

Letters: Patient safety at Saint Louise Hospital; Middle class beware, taxes aimed at you

Saint Louise Hospital’s recent patient issues an example of why regulators are needed

Letter: Deregulation legislation is under attack

If you thought shortages of infant formula was bad, wait until California's shippers and receivers are denied services of owner-operator truckers. Recently, the U.S. Solicitor General filed the Government's brief in the California Trucking Association's case challenging the Legislature's AB-5, AB-2257, pending at the U.S....

Letter: Take advantage of rebates for clean appliances

Gilroy has a lot to offer. What makes Gilroy so special are the people that make up each of my interactions here, from stopping by Camino Coffee for a morning pick-me-up to engaging with our local organizations working hard for causes that improve this...

Letter: CMAD (Can Make A Difference) for the community’s safety

There’s no separate left turn lane when exiting Highway 101 onto Masten Avenue in Gilroy, which caused a fatal crash when a father was hit from behind. Many accidents have occurred at that exact spot.  As Gilroy grows many cars pass through here at a...

Let us support Islamic Center

To the Editor, I write in support of the Cordoba Center project initiated by the South Valley Islamic Community (SVIC) to provide a mosque for worship and related spiritual services, a cemetery, a separate community building for social and educational activities, and a caretaker’s dwelling...

High Speed Rail is a boondoggle of epic proportions

I am a past President of Gilroy-Morgan Hill Bar Association, a member of the Transportation Lawyers Association, and past Chair of TLA's Legislation Committee. I have practiced transportation law in the South County for 38 years, and have done post-doctoral study of transportation law...

Drop Gilroy-Hollister rail idea

While everyone agrees that restoration of passenger service from Gilroy to Hollister would benefit San Benito County residents, I believe it is error to plan to fund it in the same manner as our sister counties do. It would be cheaper for local government...

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