COLUMN: Giants had to sign Cain
The San Francisco Giants had to sign Matt Cain to a long-term contract, so it wasn't a surprise Monday that the championship-oriented franchise and its valued pitcher agreed to a historic five-year, $112.5 million deal.
School lunches just aren’t what they used to be
To all the parents who have braved the cold, cruel world of making your child’s lunch, I salute you. The truth is, we live in a world where it is no longer tolerable to slap a piece of mystery meat between two slices of white bread, stuff it into a brown paper bag, humiliate your child by putting his name and grade on it and then toss it into the bottom of a backpack where it will grow mutant bacteria and be stepped on by 29 other children before it is finally eaten at recess.
Mysterious apparitions can strengthen faith
A recent story in the Gilroy Dispatch, Morgan Hill Times and
The Cost of Coyote Valley Could be Higher Than Planned
Many worry San Jose is not leaving enough money to compensate
‘Mockingbird’: A lesson in tolerating intolerance
When Harper Lee wrote her Pulitzer Prize winning bestseller
Dr. Pete’s closing advice: ‘Give your pet a hug’
It's been more than 18 years since I penned my first column for this newspaper. The response from readers has been phenomenal; I've hardly ever made a trip to the store without running into someone who wants to talk to me about their pet. Because of this, I've never had a shortage of topics. We've talked everything from dermatitis to dementia, indigestion to insecurity, even laryngitis, lick-sores and leptospirosis. Your letters have fueled my fire and made this column easy to write. And I'll always be grateful for that.















