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Previously, we talked about one of the most interesting actions in bridge - bidding for slam, which is definitely a whole level higher and even more exciting because the stakes are very high. In order to bid and make slam (six-level bid) you need a total of 33 points between your two hands - or a really fantastic distributional fit. Since it is unlikely one hand will hold 30-plus points, the key to slam bidding is communication between the two partners.

SIX DAYS out of the week, Esha Krishnamoorthy, 16, has no problem being patient. But that changes every Thursday afternoon as the vivacious voice and piano student anxiously prepares for her next music lesson with Mahjon Phillips, owner of Music As Language music school in Morgan Hill.

In the early morning of Aug. 24 between 7 and 8am, a fire broke out on the roof of Pinocchio’s Pizza, 8400 Church St. in Gilroy. Mary Gutierrez, a Gilroy fire division chief, said no one was hurt in the fire. She said a possible...

Residents of the South Valley might not be the only ones roaming

The first annual Harvest Moon Gala, last Saturday night, celebrated one of Gilroy’s most important businesses, St. Louise Hospital’s completion of the emergency department renovation and two new breast care centers. The community’s glitterati, many in ball gowns and tuxedos, showed up in force at Guglielmo Winery where the fundraising cocktail party and dinner were held.

After two years of courtship, Joshua Weaver proposed to Lindsay

Good dog! Canines are well-known for dramatic rescues of people