Golf Tip: Hybrid chipping prevents short shots
Editor's note: This week's tip comes from Scott Krause, past Teacher of the Year with the Northern California PGA and one of the teaching professionals at Ridgemark Golf & Country Club.
Frys.com will land back in region by 2015
The Frys.Com Open is leaving CordeValle Golf Course in 2014, but it's not going far.
All Fun and Games at the Rally
It looks like most bikers were too busy celebrating and partying over the two days of the rally to notice the Old Fashioned Bike Games, but a small gathering did take part in Friday's games.
Updated: Biker leaves late husband’s ashes at Johnny’s
LeAnn Carraway and her late husband Randy had been planning a ride to Hollister before his death in July 2012.
Businesses get boost from motorcycle rally traffic
The Monday morning after the rally, a positive buzz had already started about the outcome of the two-day event.
Pastor-style grilled pork tacos? Yes, please
Tacos. Everyone has a favorite style of taco, perhaps two or three. Some enjoy a simple crunchy-shelled fast food style. Others enjoy something traditional with a few ingredients. A few enjoy tacos with a little fusion of another culture’s culinary influence. One of my favorites - of which there are many - is a specific taqueria or street-style taco. It is the featured recipe this week, and with a little adaptation from how it is commonly made, is quite easy to replicate at home.
Death of a coffeemaker leads brain to strike up the band
My coffeemaker died the other day. Now before you tell me that it's no big deal, let me add this: My coffeemaker died on the same exact day I woke up with a headache from drinking port wine the night before. And when I say “headache,” what I really mean is an entire high school marching band had morphed into tiny little drummers and were playing very long solos inside my head.
Updated: Free Wheelers take second in Arizona
The Hollister Free Wheelers had an impressive performance at the Presidents Cup tournament held in Phoenix.
Rally: Bikers laud return of event, bikes to main drag
The sentiment was heard again and again at the motorcycle rally’s revival July 5 and 6 in downtown Hollister: Bikers were ecstatic to be back in historic Hollister, and they were thrilled to see the bikes back on San Benito Street.
Are you prepared for long-term care costs?
Like everyone else, you hope to remain physically and financially independent your entire life. And you may well achieve this goal. Nonetheless, the future is not ours to see, so you’ll want to prepare yourself for as many contingencies as possible – one of which is the high cost of long-term care.


















