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Gated venue in Gilroy

This private gated estate in Gilroy can also serve as a venue for events and weddings, complete with parking for 40 vehicles. Located at 11895 Riverbank Road, the 4,879-square-foot home includes five bedrooms and four baths. Four of the bedrooms are located on the first floor, [...]

Concert series underway

The Santa Clara County Library District welcomes two musical acts in February.  Caribbean singer Asheba is the featured musician for the Family Concert Series, while Black Cedar Trio reimagines classics with their three-piece ensemble. “We are happy to introduce [...]

Rail depot named to historic register

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Every day, hundreds of people funnel into 7250 Monterey St. in downtown Gilroy, with luggage on their backs, in their hands, or on wheels behind them. They then spread out to various destinations throughout the Bay Area by train, bus or taxi before many of them return to the [...]

Tips for a tranquil garden

Kate Russell is a UCCE Master Gardener in Santa Clara county.
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Your garden can be a bright, cheery, busy place, or it can provide the tranquility you need after a busy day. Transform your garden into a tranquil refuge with these easy tips: Keep it simple. Get rid of clutter. Remove plants that are not thriving. Use simple decorations. Leave [...]

Home has lake views

This home in the Jackson Oaks community of Morgan Hill overlooks Anderson Lake. Located at 16355 Jackson Oaks Drive, the 2,796-square-foot home includes four bedrooms and three baths. The kitchen is equipped with a custom hood, gas stove with hot water filler, custom tile [...]

Mount Madonna School presents ‘Pippin’

Mount Madonna School is preparing for its high school production of Pippin, running Jan. 24-26. Presented by a troupe of traveling performers in the form of a fractured fairy tale, Pippin is the story of one young man’s journey to become extraordinary. Heir to the Frankish [...]

Role models in tech

Kimberly Ewertz is a freelance writer for South Valley magazine and Gilroy Dispatch.
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Not only does this year usher in a new decade, but 2020 marks the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage in the United States. There’s no better time than the present to pay homage to women everywhere. Silicon Valley Reads, a program instituted in 2003, encourages reading and [...]

Passion for home

Lover of arts & books; ukulele learner; therapeutic knitter; long-distance runner. Former Arts and Books Editor at Herald-Tribune.
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International prize-winning pianist Astrid Morales Torres will present a program she calls a “musical journey” through Europe, America, Russia and Mexico as the second in a series of preview concerts for the forthcoming Coyote Creek Music Festival. Morales, who is presently [...]

Three-story colonial estate

This San Martin home is designed with the car collector in mind. Located at 13460 Colony Ave., the 7,387-square-foot home features eight bedrooms and six baths. It comes with a 6,800-square-foot garage/workshop with an attached four-car garage. The Southern Colonial estate, [...]

After 10 years, Ron Erskine hangs up pen

Ron Erskine is a local outdoors columnist and avid hiker.
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Time in nature is at least restorative, at best transformative. This notion has been part of me from the start. Like my nose, my toes and my bones, it was part of the original package. Scientific research has confirmed the benefits of time in nature, but I don’t know why we [...]
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