Wonder and joy for grateful children
The most heart-warming part of my Christmas season this year has
Getting out: Take a peak at closed properties
Harvey Bear County Park, the high ridge east of U.S. 101 between Morgan Hill and Gilroy, is only the first in a succession of parallel topographic wrinkles that recede into the inner Coast Ranges. Beyond it, Coyote Reservoir, then Timber Ridge, Sheep Ridge and Palassou Ridge line up like an incoming set of seaside breakers.
Railroad event supports the hungry
South Valley residents are invited to an enjoyable event that happens only once a year. On Aug. 18 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., a dozen members of the Bay Area Garden Railway Society will open their yards in Gilroy, Morgan Hill, Hollister and Salinas for public viewing of their beautiful gardens and elaborate model railroad layouts.
All aboard! Garden Railroad Tour set for Saturday, Aug. 16
Garden railroaders are sounding the whistle for everyone to climb aboard the annual Garden Railroad Tour winding through Gilroy, Morgan Hill and Hollister Aug. 16. The tour, in which train enthusiasts open their homes to collect food for the hungry in local communities, is presented by the Bay Area Railroad Society and South County Railroaders.
