#Gilroy Garlic Festival shutting down indefinitely

#Gilroy Garlic Festival shutting down indefinitely

“Gilroy Garlic Festival shutting down indefinitely” After more than four decades, one of the country’s most famous food festivals is shutting down for “the foreseeable future,” organizers said. The Gilroy Garlic Festival is a massive, three-day event in the northern California city of Gilroy that celebrates the “stinking rose” and raises money for local charities….

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#Letters to the Editor — April 24, 2022

#Letters to the Editor — April 24, 2022

“Letters to the Editor — April 24, 2022” China’s COVID warRegardless of the recent COVID-19 outbreak and strict quarantine measures there, China’s authorities have, overall, handled the pandemic in their nation pointedly (“Shanghai’s COVID misery drags on,” April 19). I couldn’t help but notice how China’s strict handling of its own outbreak, while allowing few…

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#Frustration grows in Shanghai, China amid harsh COVID lockdowns

#Frustration grows in Shanghai, China amid harsh COVID lockdowns

“Frustration grows in Shanghai, China amid harsh COVID lockdowns” Frustration is boiling over in Shanghai, as residents increasingly chafe under weeks of draconian coronavirus lockdowns. On Chinese social media Saturday web users fought to share a six-minute video called “The Voice of April.” The footage showed a panorama of the city’s empty streets, while also…

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#Letters to the Editor — April 23, 2022

#Letters to the Editor — April 23, 2022

“Letters to the Editor — April 23, 2022” The Issue: A judge’s ruling that the CDC overstepped its authority by imposing mask mandates for travelers. I have no use for liberals who are “outraged” over the end of mask mandates on planes and other mass-transit vehicles (“Travel masks off,” April 19). No matter how many…

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#Hochul’s hokum, Obama’s ‘disinfo’ baloney and more

#Hochul’s hokum, Obama’s ‘disinfo’ baloney and more

“Hochul’s hokum, Obama’s ‘disinfo’ baloney and more” Diary of disturbing disinformation and dangerous delusions This claim: “We talked about keeping the core value of bail reform because, at one time, two people accused of the same low-level crime, one went home, and one went to jail waiting for a trial. We knew that was unfair.”…

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#Yell it far and wide: No more COVID mandates!

#Yell it far and wide: No more COVID mandates!

“Yell it far and wide: No more COVID mandates!” With COVID cases rising again, Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to keep the public-transit mask mandate a while longer. That’s nuts, since actual bad COVID results are nowhere to be seen. It’s nice that Hochul greeted the rise in cases by saying, “We’re not panicking,” but New…

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