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For six years in the State Assembly, and the last four years as State Senator, it has been an honor to represent Morgan Hill in the state legislature. Now that the election is over, the 17th Senate District boundaries move south, and Morgan Hill...

South County continues to be a place of fulfillment of the American Dream: people whose families came from all corners of the world, to live free of oppression. Freedom to express our own faith, or to choose to have no faith, while living respectfully...

A two-yard run by JT Stokes, with only seconds remaining, capped a thrilling 20-point fourth quarter to give the Bay Area Panthers a 47-41 win over the Arizona Rattlers at SAP Center in San Jose on Easter Sunday.  The March 31 game was the Panthers’...

Maybe you’ve seen him on the side of the road. Or at an intersection, holding a cardboard sign. And it’s easy for you to jump to conclusions about him—his choices, his work ethic, how he would use any money you give him, how he...

Longtime Democratic incumbent U.S. Representative Zoe Lofgren holds a commanding lead in the Nov. 5 election for the 18th congressional seat.  According to the California Secretary of State’s office, Lofgren has received more than 82,400 votes, or 63% of the ballots counted, in the Nov....

Before a packed house at Sobrato on Sept. 6, Live Oak crossed town to rout the Bulldogs 56-21 and snatch back the El Toro Bowl title.  The Acorns’ rushing game was dominant, recording 417 yards and seven touchdowns on 42 rushes, a 9.9 yard-per-carry average....

Since Jan. 20, I have searched for information that could help people who are vulnerable to ICE questioning or worse—detention. Why? Because I have a permanent tan myself—one I used to be grateful for and now one that leads me to worry.   We know now...

It’s hard to find a job fighting climate change, oddly. But the organic farming industry is one place where a person can make a living making a difference.  Food systems account for 20% to 30% of global greenhouse gas emissions, according to data from the...

Health insurance—can’t live with it, can’t live without it… or can you? These days, it seems the price we pay for health insurance is more than what it’s worth.  When you tally up the monthly premiums, health care deductibles and copays, the average healthy American...

Dustin Wolf was named the NHL’s Rookie of the Month for January.  Calgary Flames goalie Wolf won the award for a stellar month, in which he won seven games and racked up statistics of a 7-3 record, a 2.32 Goals-Against-Average and a .922 Save Percentage....