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Alex Smith is absolutely right about one thing. He has been through a lot worse than the 49ers' flirtation with Peyton Manning and his own on-again, off-again, on-again courtship with his franchise.

PHOENIX – The Oakland Athletics will travel nearly 11,000 miles in the next week to play two regular-season games in Tokyo.

Despite the heavy rain on March 16, a large, enthusiastic crowd turned out at Gilroy’s St. Mary Roman Catholic Church. They were there to hear a remarkable man share a story of great relevance to the gang violence so common in South County.

Recently, I lost my superpowers. And by “superpowers,” I mean the ability to walk upright without falling on my face and causing great bodily harm. Oh, I know that others may think of superpowers as things like X-ray vision or shooting spider webs out of your hands, but really I’m kind of a simple person. Also? You should never underestimate the value of being able to walk without falling down. I know I never will again.

One of my pet peeves is how people often call forth the condemnation of the Founding Fathers upon modern-day America, as if the men who founded our nation were demigods, filled with a divine moral soundness and evangelical wisdom formed by the deeply puritanical society of colonial times. The leaders who shaped our nation’s path would shrink in shock at our modern political idolatry. They would insist we take them out of the temple of worship and instead see them as human beings, as people with flaws and prejudices shaped by the culture of their time.

Gilroy Dispatch Sports Editor Josh Weaver caught up with five-time world champion boxer Robert Guerrero in a phone interview earlier this week to address everything from his next bout against Selcuk Aydin (23-0, 17 KOs) on July 28 at San Jose's HP Pavilion to critics and everything that's in-between.

What started as a nostalgic journey honoring Warriors legend Chris Mullin turned sour as soon as Golden State co-owner Joe Lacob grabbed the microphone.

As the fight over the mandatory insurance – actually the tax provisions – of the healthcare act prepares to move to the Supreme Court, the Congressional Budget Office released a new estimate of the act’s costs and coverage. The forecast is that the legislation will cost a lot more or a lot less and will cover either, two million, three million, or four million fewer people all depending on your political persuasion. It’s all about the future and in this case, more than most, the future is just a guess.

The White Elephant Auction and Champagne Tea hosted by the Women's Club of Hollister and the Friends of the San Benito County Free Library offered area residents a chance to bid on auction items, compete for raffle prizes and learn a little bit about history while supporting scholarships and library services at San Juan Oaks Golf Club.