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April 19, 2026

Help needed at Bay Area food banks

Second Harvest of Silicon Valley and four other Bay Area food banks have a critical shortage of volunteers and are reaching out to the public for assistance.  Collectively, Bay Area food banks feed about one million people each month.  Second Harvest, Alameda County Community Food Bank...

‘Once’: Captivating

Take this eight Tony Award winner, be invited to belly up to the Irish bar on stage before the show begins and at intermission, have a drink and become a part of the experience in this winsome, bittersweet story of a subtle love and support of two people brought together by fate and a clever playwright.

The bigger they are, the harder they sprawl

Connie Rogers' guest column and Chris Foy's article about the 700-plus-acre urban service area (USA) amendment request were very informative and quite disturbing. I, and most people I have talked to in Gilroy, treasure the small town character of our city. We hope for a focus on improving the town that we already have instead of growing it outward into the open space that we treasure as well. 

Foundation disburses new grants

The Gilroy Foundation announced approximately $850,000 in grants and scholarships at its April 17 annual meeting. The announcements include nearly $336,000 in grants to schools, charities and non-profit community organizations. More than a $510,000 in individual scholarships to local high school, college and vocational school...

Fighting Hay Fever

This year's heavy rains have made allergy season worse than

The ‘unaffordable’ Care Act

Millions of Americans have been watching our federal government wrestle with the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obama Care. One side is touting the need for major medical reform that will insure millions of people who currently do not have coverage. They have produced hundreds of commercials and held countless press conferences speaking to our need for humanity and sensibility.

Grilling a Tender Fish Filet Produces Wonderful Results

It can be difficult to decide upon what to have for dinner.

A turn for the worse

Well, all my baby plants are now in the ground, and most of them

Parenting: I still don’t get it

Nearly nineteen years ago, a nurse wheeled my wife out to the

Documentary explores hardships of South Valley settlers

Every day, commuter traffic races down Monterey Road through the

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