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Drivers of classic cars took the old-time vehicles on the dirt path that makes up a section of the DeAnza Trail in San Juan Bautista on May 12. Drivers take vehicles out on the trail once a year.

OAKLAND, Calif. — San Francisco has stepped up its campaign to lure the Golden State Warriors, potentially complicating Oakland's effort to turn the Coliseum area into a sports and entertainment megaplex with new facilities for its three professional teams.

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?)

The historian Thomas F. Madden described the United States as “an empire of trust,” a phrase he fashioned to compare modern America with the golden era of the ancient Roman Republic. According to Madden, both the American and the Roman republics grew into sovereign powerhouses because external threats stimulated the drive to expand their boundaries of geopolitical influence by means of superior military might, used to transform enemies into allies.

For Marty Richman's podcast interview with interim Police Chief David Westrick, go here.

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The third annual Hollister Airshow, created in 2010 as a way to market the local airport, is set to take off on Memorial Day weekend.