Opinion

There comes a time when each of us comes to terms with aspects of life that can change our views and challenge long held beliefs. For me it is the present issue of police in schools (school resource officers).

By Alan Viarengo Fear sells news stories; naturally, an alarming article will capture more attention. More website hits mean more profit through advertising, so we see more propaganda now than in the era of newspapers. This does not mean the reports about Covid-19 (C19) cases...

Ah, summer.  The smell of chlorine mixed with sunscreen  surrounds the pool at the neighborhood Y.  Sleeveless. Popsicle tongued children who never age.  The familiar sounds of flip flops flip flopping,  dangling off the Ocean Beach Pier  moving with the circadian like rhythm of each wave.  I remember that morning:  witnessing...

It’s late July in Gilroy, and Christmas Hill Park is unrecognizable. Bicyclists roll through the Uvas Creek levee trail, passing by people pushing strollers or being pulled by their dogs. Young children don their rollerblades as they make their way around the playground, with their...

By Cesar Gamboa Nestled in the southern Santa Clara Valley, at the crossroads of the Great Central Valley, Bay Area, “Silicon Valley,” the Monterey Peninsula, and Salinas Valley sits Gilroy. Gilroy serves as an ideal place for tourism, agriculture, high technology and healthy U.S. Patriotism.  When...

Your article about Gary Young’s death from Covid really touched me (South Valley, June 12, 2020). Gary was always a bright presence at Orchard Supply, then at Lowe’s. I couldn’t pass him without some mutual recognition; a simple hello or a brief conversation. At one...

By Peter Leroe-Muñoz Anger. Frustration. Heartsick. Those were a few of the emotions I felt watching the video that captured the killing of George Floyd. As a former Deputy District Attorney, and a current Councilmember, I see this as a moment that calls for honest...

“Life is 10 percent what happens to me and 90 percent how I react to it.” Keeping this in mind, why do we insist on labeling people? We are raising our children to place people into categories based on skin color, gender, political preference...

This has been a crazy year and we, as a community, have had a lot happen to all of us. The Gilroy FFA chapter has seen this reflected in many ways including our seniors losing their graduation, some of our other members losing opportunities...

By Albert Lambert These are certainly challenging times. Covid-19 has touched everyone’s lives in one way or another. Some have become ill and recovered, others haven’t been so lucky. At the very least, the pandemic has interrupted life. Celebrations of all kinds have been cancelled....