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When I first heard about bridge conventions, I immediately remembered that every time I attended a convention, they always had fun parties. And I was for all the parties I could get! Only later did I learn that a bridge convention is a bid that carries a special meaning with it - such as the five-card Major Convention - oh well ... I was already hooked!

At Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park above Santa Cruz, a single ridge separates two very different habitats. Walking the trails on the park’s east side through bright slopes of mixed evergreen trees and chaparral, it seems so unlikely that just over the hill giant redwoods nearly 300 feet tall shade a forest floor dark, moist and green. The great thing about this park is that both settings are within easy reach of a day hiker.

I'm not known for my fashion sense. I'm not known for my

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Raymond Ramos, a native of Hollister, is

It’s cherry-picking time at the Lazy K Ranch Cherry Farm, east of Gilroy off Canada Road. The family-owned and -operated ranch ended the month of June with its second “u-pick” event, and families from all over the South Valley responded by filling their buckets...

Mountain lions and rattlesnakes and bobcats, oh my.

Somewhere around middle school something horrible happens to our sons. Yes, they discover … Axe Body Spray.

When I was a kid growing up in Hollister in the 1980s, my family

They give some people the willies, but for the most part, snakes

Jacob Newman has been waiting for this opportunity for a while. The 24-year-old Newman is the new Gilroy High football coach, and he can’t wait to get things rolling. “The immediate goal is to get the kids together and establish the team culture and expectations...