Opinion

The first step toward a California housing recovery has been taken, in the form of the mid-February legal settlement between 49 states and the five large banks that were the leading culprits in the years of mortgage fraud that created a price bubble and convinced many thousands of homeowners to take on high-value mortgages.

EDITOR: Morgan Hill is a cleaner - and safer - place to live,

New Gilroy Dispatch columnist Erika Mailman (welcome to the

For the next 12 months, I'll be inviting you to my table. Sharing stories, anecdotes, lessons from the kitchen and, of course, recipes from my new cookbook, "Molto Batali" (ecco, 2011). And it's all about family meals.

EDITOR: My wife and I were returning from a very hot day at the

The Santa Clara Valley Water District understands the

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California has a new budget, and it even came in on time for a

Whew! Even a