Sierra LaMar sadness and the slow wheels of justice
Tomorrow marks the saddest anniversary in Morgan Hill’s history. One year has passed since Sierra Lamar disappeared.
Decision-makers hear almost exclusively from project opponents
As a reporter for The Morgan Hill Times, I covered many zoning
Cooking the World’s Largest Cabbage
For the last year or so I have been opening my mind to new possibilities. Yes, I joined a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture), which has introduced me to many veggies I have never seen before, let alone cooked. That’s why my family now eats stuff like parsnips and fennel, two veggies we’d never heard of, let alone eaten. They are delicious, by the way. (Well the fennel I still have issues with; I mean it smells like licorice but isn’t candy. Isn’t that false advertising?)
Letters: No new debt burdens for children
We have a tendency in California to want new toys and such, but
It might be ‘the most important gift catalog in the word’
With the election season finally over, the hordes of holiday
Embrace right fats
TO LOSE weight in a healthy way, embrace fats. That’s right, eating fats does not make you fat. In the last couple of years, research has proven that eating a diet with heart-healthy fats—the fat found in avocados, extra virgin olive oil, coconut oil, canola oil, ground flaxseed and nuts, for instance—is significantly more likely to lead to long-term weight loss compared to a low-fat approach.
South Valley wineries on the up and up
Like a canary in a coal mine, roses provide an early-warning detection system in our vineyards. Roses are generally weaker than grape vines, yet have almost the same genetic make-up. Planted among the grapevines, roses react first to disease, soil and water conditions. Roses are “indicator plants” that give the vineyard manager time to fix the problems before they reach the grape vines. Not only are roses a harbinger to the production of healthy vines, they also lend a colorful contrast to the vineyard.





