Events

Maze & Grace

Emanuel Lee
Emanuel Lee
Emanuel Lee is an avid runner and the Sports Editor for the Hollister Free Lance.
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Six months ago, Bonnie Swank sat on her stool in the middle of a cornfield on 4751 Pacheco Pass Highway, wondering if the large piece of land around her could serve as the next home for the Swank Farms corn maze. Bonnie’s husband, Dick, kept insisting it was a good location. [...]

Festival feasting

Neera Siva
Neera Siva
Contributor at South Valley magazine
Neera Siva is a health enthusiast, mom, patent attorney and writer, in no particular order. She and her family live in Santa Clara County. Check out her website at healthierbites.com, or follow her on twitter @neera_avis.
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In our last article we highlighted the fact that some communities, including several South Asian communities, would start their “holiday eating” well before the typical Thanksgiving-through-Christmas binge. Starting in late September, the South Bay’s Hindu community began [...]

Voting best in class

Gary Stockdale
Gary Stockdale
Gary Stockdale is a freelance writer for South Valley magazine and has 20 years of experience in the automotive industry.
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The streets of Morgan Hill will be rumbling this weekend with the Classic and Custom Car Show, part of The Morgan Hill Chamber of Commerce’s 28th annual Taste of Morgan Hill weekend celebration. The Classic and Customs Car Show expects to draw 200 plus rides on Saturday and [...]

Nature Pathway

Ron Erskine
Ron Erskine
Ron Erskine is a local outdoors columnist and avid hiker.
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From high on the Arrowhead Loop Trail at the Coyote Valley Open Space Preserve, the scene below is bucolic and still. Coyote Creek, lined with cottonwoods and sycamores, meanders north toward the bay; orchards and hayfields rustle in the prevailing northwest wind; remnant [...]

There’s no place like home

Jenny Arbizu
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John Nava loves a good story. He knows how to tell them and he knows how to pick them. He names The Wizard of Oz as one of his favorites and he believes all good stories follow the pattern of that classic movie. “To me, every movie is based off The Wizard of Oz,” he [...]

Car Commotion

Gary Stockdale
Gary Stockdale
Gary Stockdale is a freelance writer for South Valley magazine and has 20 years of experience in the automotive industry.
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Downtown Gilroy will be revved up with three days of entertainment for the whole family this coming week when more than 200 modified and classic vehicles descend upon the streets of Gilroy. Organized by the Gilroy Chamber of Commerce, this year marks the 16th annual Garlic City [...]

Hot Gilroy Nights

Jack Foley
Jack Foley
Senior Editor at Gilroy Dispatch
Longtime local journalist and Pulitzer co-winner Jack Foley has worked for San Jose Mercury News and Gilroy Dispatch for more than 20 years and has covered Gilroy for much of his 30-year journalism career. Since 1976, Foley has lived in and around Gilroy.
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The annual garlic festival put Gilroy on the map, but car shows and music might be the real spice of life in what arguably is the most aromatic city on the planet. And as if to put an exclamation point on it all, the Gilroy Chamber of Commerce this year has revved things up a [...]

Midsummer rides and getaways

Curt Hentschke
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August used to be the second month of summer; nowadays, it’s the month when many schools start! Your kids and grandkids may only have a few more weeks of freedom, so enjoy the last summer rides together while you can. Oh, and prep the locks, then start exploring and practicing [...]
Singers in Morgan Hill Freedom Fest on Parade Float

Blast from the past

Tia Sundberg
Tia Sundberg
Tia Sundberg is a crafting diva, knitter, Halloween fanatic and freelance writer for South Valley magazine.
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Small town tradition comes alive as Morgan Hill celebrates Independence Day with its annual Freedom Fest. Celebrated in Morgan Hill since 1876, this year’s theme is America’s National Parks, 100 Years and Counting and events will include a time-honored Patriotic Sing, Family [...]
Hollister Independence Rally rider with passenger

American history

Tia Sundberg
Tia Sundberg
Tia Sundberg is a crafting diva, knitter, Halloween fanatic and freelance writer for South Valley magazine.
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Motorcycle riders and enthusiasts by the thousands throng to Hollister each Fourth of July weekend to experience the famous Hollister Independence Rally. Originated in 1947, this event is believed to be the catalyst for the rise of the “American Biker” image and the [...]
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