Opinion

There is definitely too much pressure on people to make meaningful New Year's resolutions these days. And it's always the same old stuff – massive, life-altering pledges guaranteed to consume your last drop of self-control: lose weight, spend less, save more, organize your home, stop (fill in the blank) drinking, smoking, driving in the carpool lane with an inflatable doll named "Greta."

Recent lapse in communication between school district and state

Local Leaders Should Protect Us From 'Affordable Housing'

Many people are passionate about preserving farming, and they try to achieve their goal with land-use restrictions that aim to keep parcels currently used for agriculture permanently used for that purpose. It's an expensive, primarily for the landowner, and ineffective effort.

My opportunities to observe the staff at Sobrato High School have shown me they are acutely aware of safety issues and really look out for the kids. In this school year alone that is barely half over, Principal Richard Knapp and his staff have interrupted a sexual predator trying to trick students, saved another from dying on campus from acute alcohol poisoning, and caught others who have been high or in possession of alcohol or narcotics. (And these are just what made the paper). When I think of what I need from an institution that educates my children, foremost is safety. From what I've seen, no private school could do better.

Own Up, Olin Corp. – Take Full Responsibility for Perchlorate Pollution

Pacheco Pass Highway from Gilroy to the Don Pacheco Y is a

It's time for other officials and agencies to get involved to

Today I would like to tell you that you did it! You survived the shopping, the baking, the office parties and even the tacky "I'm Santa's Vixen" t-shirt from your weird brother-in-law, Fred. Yes, that is what I would like to tell you, but unfortunately I can't because this is post-Christmas week, a.k.a. "What the Heck Happened Here – Did We Host a College Fraternity Hazing?" Because nothing short of a nuclear blast could account for this big of a mess.