Letter: Bell is a painful symbol for Native Americans
I’m from Tyler, Texas, and I attended Robert E. Lee High School, home of the Rebel football team. I was a proud Rebelette on...
Rabbi Mendel Liberow: What I learned from a pastrami sandwich
We recently hosted a pop-up Jewish New York Deli experience. There were knishes, half-sour pickles, Dr. Brown’s Cream Soda, matza ball soup, and of...
Guest View: The other side of the trigger
We are the members of Zach Hilton’s Student City Council Internship Program. We represent different genders, cultures and backgrounds. We are the first generation....
Letter: Not ‘Mission Bells’
If there is only one thing that comes out of our Paseo project, let it be the understanding of the true name of the...
Letter: Make Gourmet Alley bigger and better
It looks like some people want to get a grant to do some new work on the alleyway between Fifth and Sixth streets, somewhat...
Letter: Council needs to revisit bell installation
When I was in fourth grade, I was so proud of the Mission I had constructed with popsicle sticks and glue! Now, however, many...
Guest View: This MLK Day, let’s honor his message
Whenever I think of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, two things come to mind: sales and whitewashing.
As a capitalist nation, we will frequently throw...
Letter: Consolidating Gilroy city commissions
At the Jan. 10 city council meeting, the council voted 5-2 to consolidate our 13 city commissions into nine commissions. For perspective with our...
Letter: We have much to learn from Amah Mutsun
Naka Elelleh has told one side, an important side, of the El Camino Bell story (“These bells don’t jingle,” Dec. 31). But as we...
Guest View, Zach Hilton: Happy New Year
2021 is in the rear-view mirror, and with multiple vaccines for Covid-19 being distributed, we have found a way for our lives to return...
