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Metro Newspapers, owner and publisher of Metro Silicon Valley, purchased four MainStreet Media Group weekly publications that include the Hollister Free Lance, Gilroy Dispatch, Morgan Hill Times and Santa Cruz Good Times.

Jerry Gabe died unexpectedly last week; he was about 70 and a friend of mine. He was not a close friend – I did not even know his birthday, but we usually talked on the phone a few times a week and saw each other around town perhaps twice a month; my condolences to his wife, family, and friends. When I say he died unexpectedly, I mean suddenly; Jerry had serious health problems, perhaps more than most people his age, but the worst appeared to be behind him. Unlike long illnesses, if you see someone walking around you don't expect that they will gone just a few days later, but that is often the way it happens.

Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital in Hollister is on the cusp of bringing a new stroke program to its doors and providing more advanced care to stroke patients in San Benito County.

Congressman Sam Farr released a statement criticizing a Republican House bill to remove the president’s ability to set aside public lands as national monuments.

So says world famous Muppet, Kermit the Frog. But in today's environment, with so many products and design options available, being “green” can be a relatively easy and environmental beautiful design option.

I’m a bit worried about Colorado. I am. You see, ever since they enacted that legalization of recreational marijuana business, I fear that my home state has met the slippery slope of no return.

The large sign in Detroit Metropolitan Airport reads: “Religious Reflections Room.” Noted religion scholar Diana Butler Bass used this sign as her starting point while presenting a talk to a recent adult forum at San Jose's Good Samaritan Episcopal Church.

Please be alerted that this delightful stage production is NOTHING like the unappealing movie that went under the same name. We understand that Pierce Brosnon took an oath never to sing again - not even in the shower.

Early this March at the San Francisco Regional held in Burlingame, partner Norm Dow and I experienced the most exciting hand we have ever played.

I thought I had seen it all in the last 12 years, but a new one just crossed my desk.