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Summit for the Planet 2023
Earth Day at mount madonna school From barn owls and bearded dragons to California kingsnakes and turkey vultures, the opportunity to get up close and hands on with wildlife at…
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Building a Legacy
Jacks Doors’ Jack Spence: Building a Legacy through life’s “ups and downs” The great and glorious legacy of a human being is to live with purpose. – Robin Sharma Jack’s…
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Teaching History in the Garden
Honoring the Amah Mutsun Amah Mutsun Native Garden at Villa Mira Monte Native Garden Teaches Indigenous History It can be challenging to teach children about history in a way that…
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Heart of a Lion
Monterey Zoo’s Charlie Sammut When Life Gives You a Lion, Make a Zoo! When Charlie Sammut arrested a suspect in 1983, he had no idea it would set him on…
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Ziplining and Peanuts
Day Trips from the south bay: Zipping through the redwoods… & Peanuts Imagine yourself flying through the dense California coastal redwoods, sun peeking through the trees, and the fresh smell…
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Music For A Cause
Gilroy’s Day on the Ridge is Back! An Idea is Born… It all started over a lunch conversation one day between Ed Sauceda and Shawn Chizanskos. The long time friends…
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Rolling Right and Seeing Red
These are NOT Suggestions! I am, at heart, an investigative journalist. Like a dog on a bone, when I find a subject to investigate, I am relentless and will not…
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New Approaches to Health
The New Year is a great time to get back to our healthy routines, or perhaps develop new ones. Typically we turn to diet and exercise to achieve our health…
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As the Bird Flies
37.0465* N, 121.6547* W Celebrating the South Bay From the Air Local photographer and drone operator David Hoftstad (@davidhofstad) captured this beautiful image of Gilroy’s west side. In the foreground…
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