Editorials

The California Supreme Court's decision backing Governor Jerry Brown's plan to eliminate redevelopment agencies and take control of their cash and assets, threatens the city's ability to continue redevelopment efforts.

With the governor's signature late last month on AB 1602,

Ever since 12-year-old Nicholas Faibish was killed by his

As Californians, we pay our legislators handsomely

In 1897, young Virginia O'Hanlon wrote the editor of the New York Sun asking, "Is there a Santa Claus?" Editor Francis P. Church's famous answer to her query has since become a holiday tradition.

We're sympathetic to the workers' complaints. A big chunk of the

1. Annexation to the city should not muddy proposal

Let us begin this commentary with a moment of silence and deep

… Yes, Virginia, there was an editorial about the credibility of Santa Claus, appearing more than 100 years ago in The New York Sun. It was written by Francis Pharcellus Church, an assistant to the paper’s editor. A true Christmas classic, it has outlived its writer, the recipient, and the newspaper that gave it life. Its most famous phrases are often recalled and sometimes parodied.

Morgan Hill Mayor Steve Tate's warning about city's future