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February 21, 2026

Could high food costs lead to unrest here?

According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture

Garlic Festival XXVIII Cook-Off

After months of preparation and countless hours of tweaking

Some 911 calls aren’t emergencies

Not every call a dispatcher takes involves a life or death

New Year, fresh air and friends

After a stop at Peet's for a foo-foo coffee, I decided the

Choir programs alive and well at schools

As school bells again ring and kids with backpacks make their way across campus, beautiful singing waifs through the air at Gilroy's high schools. Thanks to two newly hired, energetic and enthusiastic music specialists, the choral program that retired teacher Phil Robb spent 30 years building into one of the best in Northern California is alive and well and will continue to be one of our city's great assets.

BASEBALL: Athletics shut out by Hernandez, Mariners

Facing the hard-throwing Felix Hernandez on a chilly night is no

Going to be somewhere sunny and over 75, so let’s talk ice hockey

Beautiful and warm, that’s how the weather’s supposed to be this spring weekend and that’s how the San Jose Sharks are playing after the Olympic break. A Stanley Cup would be fitting for Joe Thornton, in particular. The longer he plays, the more legends he passes in the record books. When you watch him carefully, he’s clearly a “Jedi Master” feeding teammates the puck for scoring opportunities. At just the right moment in just the right place, the disc arrives on the stick and it’s a thing of beauty to watch and marvel over.

South Valley wineries on the up and up

Like a canary in a coal mine, roses provide an early-warning detection system in our vineyards. Roses are generally weaker than grape vines, yet have almost the same genetic make-up. Planted among the grapevines, roses react first to disease, soil and water conditions. Roses are “indicator plants” that give the vineyard manager time to fix the problems before they reach the grape vines. Not only are roses a harbinger to the production of healthy vines, they also lend a colorful contrast to the vineyard.

If Geraniums Don’t Show New Growth, Toss ‘Em

It's time for garden questions and answers again! Remember, send

Teraji: Tomato evangelism

This summer my husband Steve became a tomato evangelist. Every day when I come home, I find him out in the garden, communing with his tomato plants. It all began when our neighbor (a paramedic and an avid amateur gardener very aptly named Denise Gardner) gave us six heirloom tomato plants she had germinated from seeds.

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