Cooking up a cauldron of Halloween memories
You'd think I was in fourth grade, the way I get excited for
Sauv Blanc, Merlot and Chardonnay
We are so lucky to live in an area with more than 20 premium wineries - many are next door to each other and most within five miles of the other. The wines of Gilroy, Morgan Hill, San Martin and Hollister are not only winning awards, their tasting rooms are friendly and unpretentious.
Blackened walnuts can be deadly to dogs
Q: I caught the neighbor's dog eating some walnuts that had fallen from our tree. Some of these are black and moldy. Can a dog get sick from eating "bad" walnuts?
We are all on Andrel’s side
There is a line that is etched between reporting and personal feelings. With the exception of column writing, opinions are kept to a minimum. The news is supposed to be unbiased and fact-based.
A Halloween health horror in U.S. corn fields
Every October around Halloween, the Swank Farm in San Benito County hosts a popular cornfield labyrinth that brings in families to get lost in a maze of maize. Folks encounter scary stuff popping out from behind the cornstalks that makes for good old-fashioned fun. But across the United States, there's something truly sinister creeping out of our nation's cornfields - something killing hundreds of thousands of Americans every year.
Great deals on Pinot Noir and Cabernet
I belong to a group of friends, self-proclaimed "The Fun Bunch,"
Finally coming out of the Facebook fog
I recently came to the conclusion that a three-year relationship


















