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January 17, 2026

Kamei appointed chair of the water district; Sanchez vice-chair

The two South County residents who serve on the Santa Clara

Personalizing Your Dorm Room

A student's first impression of an empty dorm room is

Santa Clara County growth outpaces state

As population growth leveled off statewide in the past couple of

Getting prepared

David Payne, owner of Extreme Learning, Inc. in Morgan Hill can

‘Indigo’ movie showing in Gilroy

Saturday, Jan. 29, a local church is sponsoring the presentation

‘The Flying Karamazov Brothers’: Serendipity unleashed

 “The Flying Karamazov Brothers” present an outrageous, hilarious blend of music, comedy, dance, theatre and juggling. They do not fly, they are not brothers and they are not Russian, but they do invite the audience into their zany world. They took their name from Fyodor Dostoevsky's Russian tragedy “The Brothers Karamazov.” Why? Don't ask. It just goes along with their serendipitous antics.

Torch the tobacco proposal; a Valentine for teachers

Oh, yeah, that's what should be on Gilroy's priority list – a new tobacco ordinance that forbids smoking in our parks, at the designated areas at the Garlic Festival, on our golf courses and, what's next, on our back porch? I get it - smoking is bad for you. But I believe that government believing it has an unlimited right to socially engineer everyone's life is just as bad, and perhaps worse. Gilroy has an obesity problem, so let's outlaw potato salad and the selling of Carl's Jr. bacon burgers within the city limits. It's amazing the things that make the priority list just because some advocacy organization, probably slyly funded by taxpayer dollars, received money so that bureaucrats can claim a "purposeful" livelihood. Who's going to enforce this ordinance? The police do nothing about all the hooch smokers at Las Animas Veterans Park and Christmas Hill Park near the amphitheater now. The Council should send Breathe America and its social engineering lobbying effort packing. Enough already. Educate, but do not dictate.

Organic methods

I don't think anybody likes to use chemicals in the garden.

Red Phone: What are the rules on fireworks?

“Dear Red Phone, You know what really chaps my hide? My neighbors launching fireworks at all hours of the night this Fourth of July (and often the next day, too!) Can you remind people the rules about lighting fireworks at your home and how to dispose of them? I sincerely appreciate it.”

GETTING OUT: It’s no place to live but lovely to visit

In California's early days, placer miners swarmed to the Sierra

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