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Gilroy
November 30, 2025

Three spools rolled into the creek

Dumping into the creek:

A long family line of wine and garlic lovers

Rapazzini Winery on U.S. 101 and Highway 25 is the embodiment of all that is sacred in Gilroy: wine, garlic and family ties.

Is that message to Gilroyans really necessary, Genius?

Not sure what to make of the Gilroy Political Action Committee, an arm of the Chamber, which erected those borderline insulting campaign signs that scream, “It’s the Gilroy Economy, Genius” that endorse a slate of four candidates. Am darn sure the candidates didn’t give that slogan the stamp of approval even though, in theory, they might concur. The PAC’s motto is of the same political vein, “If you’re not at the table, you’re on the menu.” What’s so odd is that for decades the Chamber has been unfailingly unwilling to offend. “Preserve and protect” could have been the motto. Case in point: Though it’s Government Review Committee staunchly opposed the binding arbitration clause in the city charter for public safety employees, the chamber politely refused to do public opinion battle and weakly presented the case without a recommended course of action to the City Council after much flapping of wings. Perhaps what we have emerging is the Chamber’s alter ego that has been bottled up for years and now, like a college teenager who’s left an ultra-strict household, it’s time for a new motto: “GilPAC, let the wild child out.”

The waning garden

All good things must come to an end, and that includes my steroidal squash plant.

Ellis cut from Q-School

Trailing by four strokes through 36 holes, Live Oak graduate

‘Budget cuts’ at your ‘post office’

Alright, anyone up for a quick anatomy and physiology lesson

COLUMN: After sex scandal, Warriors’ Jackson must know he’s under scrutiny

Mark Jackson is not the first man to enter a "gentleman's club" and lose his way. He is not the first individual whose extramarital affair led to criminal charges. But the Warriors' coach is now among the many whose selfish or questionable indiscretions yielded ugly consequences – in Jackson's case six years after he made the mystifying, monumentally stupid decision to take and send lewd photos of himself.

New technology and parents don’t always mix well

My parents just got new iPads. Now before you wonder why I’m telling you this, let me just say one thing. My parents are no technological wizards – but they aren’t afflicted with a disease I like to call we-think-we’re-technological-whiz-kids-but-really-we-don’t-know-a-thing-about-technology-and-can-barely-use-the-TV-remote.

Saving memories

Once no more than a blank book in which to attach adhesive photo

Take a Swim at Your Own Risk

Risky swimming

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