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How does your garlic grow?

Kate Russell
Kate Russell is a UCCE Master Gardener in Santa Clara county.
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Being the Garlic Capital of the World means there are plenty of garlic goodies to be found in Gilroy, but growing your own garlic may be the most rewarding way to celebrate this cousin to onions, shallots, chives and leeks. In late spring, garlic plants may not look like much. [...]

A healer with a heart

Debra Eskinazi
Debra Eskinazi
Debra Eskinazi is the editor of South Valley magazine.
Debra Eskinazi
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With the aid of technology, our world has gotten smaller. At our fingertips are tools for education, health and other infinite information resources. People once miles and time zones apart are more easily connected. Our culture of convenience, while helpful in so many areas, may [...]

Caring and repairing

Wallace Baine
Wallace Baine
Wallace Baine is a staff writer for New SV Media with extensive experience covering community arts in the region.
Wallace Baine
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Is there a more fundamentally American ritual than the barn-raising? People banding together to help a neighbor in need is part of the American story that we never get tired of hearing. But in contemporary times, there aren’t a lot of barns to be built or neighbors who heed [...]

Community reflections

Kimberly Ewertz
Kimberly Ewertz
Kimberly Ewertz is a freelance writer for South Valley magazine and Gilroy Dispatch.
Kimberly Ewertz
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The tabletops feature fresh flowers from the Demonstration Garden down the street, the walls showcase the work of local artists, and chalkboards highlight the specials of the day came from local schools: each of these unique decorations is a reflection of the community it serves [...]

Day on the Ridge

Kimberly Ewertz
Kimberly Ewertz
Kimberly Ewertz is a freelance writer for South Valley magazine and Gilroy Dispatch.
Kimberly Ewertz
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With an entire wall of his office is adorned with eclectic guitars it was more than apparent that the director of St. Joseph’s Family Center (SJFC), David Cox, is an avid music lover. So why did the idea of a daylong music concert as an SJFC fundraiser cause him concern? Last [...]

Tours in two towns

Debra Eskinazi
Debra Eskinazi
Debra Eskinazi is the editor of South Valley magazine.
Debra Eskinazi
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Spacious parcels, stunning views, fertile gardens and interiors adorned with items from around the world describe some of the finest sites in this year’s homes and gardens tours. It would be enough if it were one tour, but Mother’s Day weekend offers two distinct tours in [...]

Mindful methods

Debra Eskinazi
Debra Eskinazi
Debra Eskinazi is the editor of South Valley magazine.
Debra Eskinazi
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For nearly one-tenth of the world’s population, Buddhist practice is where adherents go to find their center. Buddhism is prized the world over for its peaceful philosophy and mindfulness practice geared toward ridding oneself of suffering. But this way of life or path isn’t [...]

Groomed for grooming

Debra Eskinazi
Debra Eskinazi
Debra Eskinazi is the editor of South Valley magazine.
Debra Eskinazi
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Even as a kid, everyone knew Jamie Ha would grow up to be a pet groomer. When she bought Canine Concepts at East Dunne and Monterey Street in Morgan Hill in 2015, Ha had nearly 20 years of grooming experience under her belt. And that didn’t even include her early work with [...]

A hard knock life

Susan Rife
Susan Rife
Lover of arts & books; ukulele learner; therapeutic knitter; long-distance runner. Former Arts and Books Editor at Herald-Tribune.
Susan Rife
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The musical “Annie,” based on the Little Orphan Annie comic strip of Depression-era fame, has been inspiring little girls to audition for the title role for more than 40 years, since it won the Tony Award for best musical in 1977. A shortened youth version, “Annie Jr.,” [...]

Come on-a My House

Susan Rife
Susan Rife
Lover of arts & books; ukulele learner; therapeutic knitter; long-distance runner. Former Arts and Books Editor at Herald-Tribune.
Susan Rife
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Tenderly, The Rosemary Clooney Musical, opening April 27 at Limelight Actors Theater, is more than simply a jukebox musical with an actress running through the Clooney songbook. Instead, the musical, written by Janet Yates Vogt and Mark Friedman, takes a deeper look at the life [...]
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