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The Santa Clara County Housing Authority honored two Gilroy landlords for their work in housing very low-income families. Albert and Mary Rocha received the Family Homecoming Award during a Feb. 27 ceremony, which was presented to the landlords serving the most number of families under...

Valley Transit Authority was set to implement scheduled changes across its entire light rail and bus system on Dec. 28, posing new headaches for many South Bay commuters and new solutions for others. As a way to make the changes more palatable and introduce new...

Our Siamese kitty, Percy, has a dark spot of hair on the middle

After two years away, the annual Bert Mar Invitational will return home to Christopher High on Saturday. The wrestling tournament—now in its 10th year—was held at Independence High the last two years. The tournament is named after Bert Mar, the former South Valley Middle...

Whether you believe in ghosts or not, almost every region of the

The Christopher High and Gilroy High boys basketball teams both have goals of winning a division championship this season—the Cougars in the Pacific Coast League's Mission Division and the Mustangs in the Cypress Division.  "I don't see any reason why we can't," said Tim Von...

The other day, an old addiction came back to haunt our family. I

It only took one match—its season opener—for the Gilroy High girls soccer team to surpass its win total from last year. After finishing 0-9-1 in the 2018-2019 season, the Mustangs have surpassed that total and then some this season. They are 5-2 entering a...

Close your eyes and imagine the Santa Clara Valley before the

Wherever it is that urban myths come from, Charles Shaw