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Now we know for sure: California voters are fed up with the

Meg Whitman's nonstop five-month barrage of radio ads has

The Gilroy City Council's decision to rejoin the Habitat

In troubled times, it is too often easy to put pejorative labels on those who disagree with you. In recent speeches Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and Vice President Dick Cheney have labeled those questioning the war in Iraq as appeasers and House Republican Leader John Boehner has said Democrats who question the administration's methods of interrogating and prosecuting terrorists are "more concerned about protecting terrorists than protecting the American people."  Boehner's comments were so distasteful that even President Bush said he wouldn't have said them the same way.

Superintendent Edwin Diaz' announcement of his fairly certain departure from the Gilroy Unified School District gives me occasion to raise yet again some of the issues I've mentioned in the past that haven't really been answered well by either district in South County.

"This train is bound for ... Gilroy."

Every year about this time, I write a list of New Year’s resolutions. It’s the usual stuff: Work out three times a week, cut back on coffee and alcohol, floss daily, relearn Spanish, watch less television, etc. I then put the list in the drawer of my bedside table, where it remains until I take it out a year later and laugh at my lack of progress.

Other than good parents at home, the single biggest indicator of a kid's success in school and in life is a quality teacher in the classroom.

It's fair to say they did it to themselves. The future of

An unusual political season is about to begin seeking our attention. Those who really care may have an unusual opportunity to exert their influence in important matters.