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Erik Nelson is no stranger to area sports fans after playing basketball at Gilroy High School and Gavilan College. But he now faces a new challenge that’s tougher than successfully executing a pick and roll: Rebuilding the Gavilan women’s basketball program from scratch.

Less than a week after Hurricane Sandy ravaged parts of the east coast, local Nants Foley was on a red eye flight to West Virginia. While the brunt of the storm hit New York and New Jersey, as many as 24 states were affected by the category two hurricane, including rural communities set in the Appalachia mountains.

The Homeless Coalition of San Benito county opened its temporary winter shelter on Nov. 1. The shelter staff have had a maximum of 14 clients staying the night, but the numbers tend to grow as the evenings turn colder and rainier.

Nov. 24

Are you one of those golfers sliding into the parking lot sideways, trying to put on golf shoes at stop signs, and running to the first tee as your group is teeing off?

The Hospice Foundation will light the Tree of Life in the Veterans Memorial Plaza during the Lights on Celebration on Saturday. The annual tree lighting serves as a memorial and as a fundraiser for the nonprofit that supports hospice care in San Benito and Monterey counties.

I love this time of year, when the weather begins to cool and I can haul out my coat from the deep recesses of the closet. Aside from it being the holiday season, the spattering of rain and blustery winds never fail to make me reflect on and remember moments that have blessed my life.

Christmas sometimes seems to be the American national holiday. Even as the economy seems to be improving, stores are counting on “the Christmas spirit” to keep them solvent for another year.