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March 12, 2026

Heading into the backcountry

Sitting in Backpacker Camp in Yosemite Valley the night before

How parents react to threats made at schools

The thing that stuck with me about The Dispatch's coverage of

From Pumpkins to Puppies

You don't have to ask me twice to attend a party. Well, maybe

A grown-up Halloween tale

Oct. 31 may be a day of ghosts and goblins for the little ones,

Vote yes on Prop 98 and no on Prop 99

I've heard from some readers about Proposition 98, which I

Why fence in the skate park?

Skate park fence:

‘Radio Golf’ may sound a bit familiar

When the late Pulitzer Prize winner August Wilson completed

Raiders make first cuts

The Oakland Raiders make moves as they continue to whittle down

Myriad of Ideas to Please the Gardener

Looking for a last-minute holiday gift for that garden friend?

Mack and Shy: Ambassadors for the breed

In March 2010, I adopted a pit bull that we named Mack from the San Martin Humane Society. At the time, I didn’t really notice there was another dog in the kennel with him. I was only interested in adopting one dog. About three weeks later, my husband noticed the Pet of the Week in the Gilroy Dispatch and mentioned how much she looked like Mack. We went to see her and found out that she had been brought in as a stray with another dog, but he’d been adopted and she’d been lonely and depressed. As we got more of the story, we found out the other dog was Mack. So we brought him to see her. When they saw each other, it was an amazing reunion. They ran and jumped on each other, licked each other and finally laid down together to rest. What a love story … we adopted Shy and brought them both home.

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