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One hundred and 50 years ago, after a wet California winter, you might have needed a flat-bottomed boat to cross the Central Valley from the Coast Range to the Sierra foothills. Today, dams retain that water, then channel it through a network of dikes. Of the estimated three to five million acres of original California wetlands, only 450,000 acres remain – a reduction of 85 to 90 percent.

“Among other common lies, we have the silent lie – the deception which one conveys by simply keeping still and concealing the truth. Many obstinate truth-mongers indulge in this dissipation, imagining that if they speak no lie, they lie not at all.”

The winter season has come and gone. That seemed quick, didn't it? Three local teams qualified for the postseason – not including both wrestling squads. Although all three were eliminated in the opening round of the Central Coast Section playoffs last week, applause is in order for the Christopher High girls basketball and soccer teams – which made their inaugural playoff appearances – and the Gilroy High girls soccer team.

INDIANAPOLIS – Even 49ers general manager Trent Baalke, who is loathe to give away anything in terms of team strategy, admits his team is in the market for a receiver or three.

As the city of Gilroy happily reports glowing and growing sales tax numbers – “Seven straight quarters of sales tax increases” – and the unions call for new hiring, I wonder if anyone gets it. Or will we turn a blind eye to reality and take the easy way out as Mayor Al Pinheiro did in the last election? Personally, he said, binding arbitration for public safety employees was a horrible burden for the city, but he declined to take on the political fight to overturn it. That could have caused a real election rumble with the firefighters and police unions spending money to save the right for an out-of-town attorney to have the final say on pay and benefits for Gilroy’s public safety employees.

“I am here at Las Animas Park between the nice baseball diamond and tennis courts. Right in between there are about 15 trees. Three of them are seriously dead, which could become a hazard in the future. I was wondering if they could be removed.”

Five-time world champion boxer across three divisions, Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero, will move up two weight classes and challenge Selcuk Aydin on July 28 in San Jose, according to a ringtv.craveonline.com report Thursday. The report was confirmed by a source close to Guerrero. More details from Golden Boy Promotions are expected soon, the source said.