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Right now San Benito County’s most desirable economic attribute is its location. Properly developed it can provide a great place to live within driving distance of the best job markets in California and with easy access to the tourist centers on the coast – and that is the way we should be promoting the area until we have a sufficient population for our economic health.

Local public health officials want to get the word out: Get vaccinated as early as possible, despite the lack of a flu outbreak this season.

As a long snapper, Michael Murphy realizes he’s got a thankless — yet vital — job.

American Legion Commander Joe Love, who served in Vietnam, oversaw the “Battlefield Cross” portion of the Veterans Day ceremony in downtown Hollister on Monday. It is a symbolic tradition replicated by soldiers on the battlefield where the rifle, helmet, boots and dog tags of a soldier killed in action are laid out, in the shape of a cross, on the spot where the soldier was killed. The tradition started during the Civll War and continues to this day.

The Gavilan volleyball team is back to its winning ways.

GILROY – For 20 minutes, Gavilan had Hartnell on the ropes. The Rams grabbed a 27-21 lead over the top football team in the Coast Conference, only to give up 49 unanswered points to the Panthers Saturday afternoon at Garcia-Elder Sports Complex.

The San Benito County Public Health Department is holding its annual flu vaccination clinic at the Veterans Memorial Building.

During the last several years of writing this column and meeting with the local wine community, one person's name always comes up in conversation. In revered tones, people ask me, “Have you heard of Steve Beck?” or “You really need to meet Steve Beck!”