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Here’s a sobering statistic: 46 percent of workers surveyed had little or no confidence that they will have enough money to live comfortably throughout their retirement years, according to the 2010 Retirement Confidence Survey, issued by the Employee Benefit Research Institute. So you may want to explore all possible retirement savings vehicles – including a variable annuity.

The San Juan Bautista Planning Commission is considering a plan to make the downtown area of the Mission City more pedestrian friendly as part of its general plan update.

Today is my nephew’s birthday. We would likely be gathered around Ryland sitting in his high-chair with his face and little hands covered in cake and celebrating his first year - had we not lost him in May.

Despite a 0 for 7 effort on the power play, the San Jose Sharks pulled out a 4-1 victory over the Vancouver Canucks in the season opener for both clubs Thursday night at SAP Center at San Jose.

New healthcare exchanges under the federal health care law, the Affordable Care Act, opened to the public Tuesday in California and San Benito County. In California, the program is known as “Covered California,” and local officials in San Benito County are gearing up for the rollout.

The holidays are coming up and with them come many requests for charitable donations. Americans are generous, but some charities and nonprofits (I’ll simply call them all charities) exist mostly for the benefit of those who run them or do fundraising. In many cases only a small amount of your donation goes the charity and even less goes to helping those in need. My advice is be generous, but first be careful.