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December 25, 2025

South Valley conspiracy in Marilyn Monroe’s death?

If you attended the Morgan Hill Independence Day parade, you might have got a glimpse of screen goddess Marilyn Monroe. She wore a sensuous pink dress, sat in a convertible and waved with movie star poise. She might have even blown you a kiss. The 1950s-era actress is often impersonated by Morgan Hill resident Laurren Cowan. But our South Valley region has a true Marilyn Monroe connection, one involving a conspiratorial tale with no happy Hollywood ending.

Little League Mania, What A Welcome

The first day at a new job usually consists of finding out where

The Rosicrucians

A popular San Jose landmark, a destination for thousands of

Fine art in Morgan Hill

Gallery Morgan Hill will present its first Open Juried Show from

Keep an Open Mind and Sense of Humor for ‘Avenue Q’

If it's irreverent, if it's politically incorrect, if it's this

Don’t call the cops, it’s just the dog

My dog knows how to open doors. Now, this sounds like a great thing—I mean, hello? No more getting up in the middle of the good part* of Real Housewives to let No-No Lulu out. No more wondering if the dog needs to be let in or if she has run away to the neighbor’s house where the lawn is definitely greener since their dog is a male.

South African Sauvignon scandal

Well, well, well. It seems that our wine-making friends in South

Getting Out: Unexpected adventure awaits at Emigrant Wilderness

Expecting a window of good fall weather, in mid-October I headed to Emigrant Wilderness – a place I had never visited. Set between Highway 108 and the northern border of Yosemite National Park, Emigrant Wilderness is nearly the last gasp of the polished granite alpine country characteristic of the High Sierra.

Red Phone: Motorized aircraft at parks

"Like many people, I enjoy the exhilarating hobby of building and flying radio control model airplanes, but not every one does. On Feb. 20 between 2 and 3 p.m. I was flying my model airplane In Christmas Hill park like I always have for the past 12 years. Acknowledging the posted notification about the restriction of flying 'gas' powered model airplanes, I brought an electric powered model. I chose a clear nonpopulated site to launch. After a few flights, a man in a city-marked truck confronted me. While my airplane was in the air, he yelled at me and attempted to grab at my very expensive controller and compromising my ability to also fly my, also very expensive, airplane. I was afraid for my personal property. Not wanting to get in to a possibly physical situation, I quickly landed my airplane in mid-air and left. In all my years of flying model airplanes, I've never seen such a reaction directed at  me or anyone else for flying a model airplanes."

Speed Reading

This may surprise and shock you, but the other day, as I was

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