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Del Mar Caregiver Resource Center’s Christina Andrade, a family consultant, will be hosting a workshop for family caregivers Aug. 22, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., at the Hollister Community Center, 300 West St., in Hollister. The free workshop will discuss the five steps of a successful caregiver such as understanding dementia and what it means, addressing financial and legal issues related to dementia, keeping other family members informed and involved, accessing resources in the community and caring for the caregiver. Pre-registration is required by Aug. 15. To register, call (831)459-6639 or register online at www.delmarcaregiver.org.

Gilroy is featured in “El Camino Real and the Route of the Daylight”, a book recently published by the Los Angeles Railroad Heritage Foundation about the history of California's first road and railroad systems.

It’s decision time for the 400 block – what’s the best use and how do we make it happen?

Last December in my “Getting Out” column in the sports section, I challenged my readers: On July 13, come with me on a long and difficult hike to the top of 9,931-foot Clouds Rest, a massive peak that rises 1,100 feet above Half Dome - Yosemite Valley's iconic landmark. During the intervening six months, we will take a series of hikes to prepare for the big day. Who among you has the stuff to take on the Clouds Rest Challenge?

After a devastating arson fire in November 2012, Sunnyslope Medical Center is reconstructing Building B that was destroyed.

I always get excited about the summer bounty of vegetables that grow in the home garden or found at the farmers’ market or the farm stand. Eating them while they are in season is the key to their superior quality.

Hollister will have its first team at a Babe Ruth World Series after the senior team advanced with a dramatic victory in Utah.

More than 30 Hollister students spent a week at a unique summer camp that taught them about healthy eating and exercise. The Youth Alliance, in partnership with the American Diabetes Association and Safeway Pharmacy, offered a week-long Health Squad camp at Rancho Park Apartments.

Alex Rodriguez and Jason Sims called together participants in Tuesday’s youth golf camp, the first of three days in the session at Ridgemark Golf & Country Club. They stood atop a small set of steps leading to the pro shop and quickly gained the campers’ attention with some questions.

Our local grape vines have been thriving throughout the warm summer, the leaves soaking up the sunshine and clusters of grapes hanging heavily from the vines. Our wine growers have been busy with canopy management - pulling selected leaves from the vines to give the best sunlight exposure and air movement to the fruit. Veraison (when grapes start to ripen and change from green to purple) has come early this year, attracting birds and other critters that are looking for a tasty meal. But even though the grapes are turning color, they aren't ripe enough yet - so nets are draped over the rows to protect them from being picked clean by hungry birds.