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As the daughter of renowned 1940s and 1950s film director Edward Dmytryk and actress Jean Porter, Rebecca Dmytryk grew up around the glitz and glamour of Hollywood. But Dmytryk always preferred to get down and dirty in nature rather than shop in Beverly Hills....

Homemade paper necktie cards, coupons for yardwork, soap on a rope—classic Father’s Day gifts, that just don’t fly anymore. This year, why not give back to the community and shop locally to spoil Dad at small businesses with our top five picks below: Oofos Recovery...

The moon and the stars have aligned, bringing the next Outstanding in the Field dinner to Gilroy on Thursday, June 29. This extraordinary farm-to-table dinner is a collaboration between three titans of the food and wine industry: a visionary chef, legendary winemakers and a...

Lifelong violinist and Morgan Hill native, Kimia Ghaderi returns to her hometown in the California debut of “Apex Piano Trio”. Ghaderi began her musical journey at the young age of four and grew up performing in the spotlight of the symphony with the accomplished...

Here is a bit of trivia perfect for a bar bet that will surely win you a free round: From what Bay Area mountain top do you overlook seawater no matter which direction you face? In my footloose single days many years ago when the...

Wine and music make a beautiful pairing! Here are the free (with wine purchase) concert series throughout the summer: Wednesdays, 5:30-8:30pm: Guglielmo Winery presents its Vines and Vibes concert series from May through August with a June lineup that includes the Alison Sharino Band, the...

Santana Rodriguez is convinced she was named after renowned musician Carlos Santana, the critically acclaimed 10-time Grammy Award winner who is known for his brilliance with the guitar. “My dad (Rudy) always told me when I was younger I used to watch a soap opera,...

Hard work and dedication are the trademarks of successful business owners everywhere, but for two local businesswomen, the heart of their success, is friendship. Co-owners of L Makeup Studio, in Morgan Hill, Janet Perez and Ana Lopez Silva, both 30, opened their first studio in...

Ray Friend was 30 feet away from one of the explosions that went off on the U.S.S. Enterprise on Jan. 14, 1969. Twenty-eight people died and 314 were injured in the blasts, and Friend—who was a designated shipboard firefighter/damage control man in the Navy—saw...

Environmental activist and journalist Frances “Kate” Woods, 60, died in a car accident on Panoche Road Thursday, according to the San Benito County Sheriff's Office. The single-person collision occurred around 10 a.m. at the 8,000 block of New Idria Road in south San Benito County. CalFire initially responded. San...