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Hollister
April 6, 2026

Ilene Stewart

Parental wisdom and advice—also knowns as “Mom-isms”—were frequent back in the day, and often made my sister and I say, “What?”

Louise Helland

If I could sum up my favorite memories with mom, they all involve talking over cups of coffee in grade school, by phone in college and through Skype after I headed off to South America for a year, leaving everything and everyone I knew behind.

Janet Sleipness Espersen

My beautiful mom makes me so proud! She’s overcome many challenges. Her mother died when she was just 10 years old. She then had a difficult stepmother. She put herself through college and was the first generation to graduate in her family. 

Lupe Miller

Dear Mom,

Kathy MacPhail

Who is my momma? My momma is a wife, daughter, sister, friend, teacher, leader, servant and Momma. My mom is not only the most inspirational person in my life, but is a true warrior. Now, I know she hates being called a warrior because she feels like she has to be forever strong for everyone in my family, but I'm sorry mom, that is just who you are.

Karen Higginbottom

There are not enough pages in this newspaper to tell everything about my mom and how wonderful she is. I know it sounds cliché, but my mom is my best friend. Always has been, always will be. So allow me to share with you a little bit of what sets my mom apart from all the rest.

Getting out: Take a peak at closed properties

Harvey Bear County Park, the high ridge east of U.S. 101 between Morgan Hill and Gilroy, is only the first in a succession of parallel topographic wrinkles that recede into the inner Coast Ranges. Beyond it, Coyote Reservoir, then Timber Ridge, Sheep Ridge and Palassou Ridge line up like an incoming set of seaside breakers.

Allergies affect our pets too

In my last column, I talked about walking your dog on the many paths and hills in our communities. A reader reminded me that I mentioned using Benadryl for allergies, but didn't talk about the dose. In this column, I thought I would talk about the dosages of over the counter antihistamines you can safely use on dogs, as well as the reasons you might use them.

Sides refute claims in debate over proposed fracking ban, oil limits

Hollister’s David Maynard led off Tuesday’s public hearing over a proposed fracking ban with a poem, telling residents in attendance, “Don’t be like Judas Kiss – unleash the abyss.”

Citadel gains permit for steam injections at oil site

Citadel Exploration this week received a state permit to use steam injection technology to extract oil from the Project Indian site in the Bitterwater area.

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