Guest view: Residents, businesses must reduce water use
Despite some much-welcomed rain in April, Santa Clara County remains in a drought emergency.
These recent storms were nowhere near enough to make up for the record dry conditions that impacted California during the first three months of 2022. During that time, San Jose recorded...
Getting Out: Nature is the best medicine
Ryan was defiant, angry and was dabbling in an abundance of risky behaviors. He wandered the streets when he should have been in school. He had little motivation and less self-esteem. Ryan was sixteen years old and headed for trouble.
Foreign exchange students deserve real diplomas
This should be a no-brainer. The student meets all the requirements to graduate, passes the California High School Exit Exam. But Morgan Hill Unified School District refuses to grant some students regular diplomas.Why? He or she is a foreign exchange student.
My Point Exactly: Hypocrites, ideologues and opportunists abound
Despite stiff competition for scarce column space, as a Live Oak
Most politicos fail Internet savvy test
This is supposed to be the information age and all of us are
‘The Mountaintop’ is magnificent
Playwright Katori Hall takes us to Memphis on a stormy, thundering evening on April 3, 1968, where fate brings us to the last night of the outstanding journey in the life of the brilliant Martin Luther King Jr.
Three letters: Drunk at 2 a.m., animal adoption mandate and the GOP
Two women put themselves in a precarious position at 2 a.m.
State proposal will raise the cost of preparing your taxes
EDITOR: On Feb. 19, the California Legislative Analyst's Office




