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Musical entertainment will be provided at Bolado Park, the official campgrounds of the July 3-5 motorcycle rally in town, from 3:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday with the following showcases:

Even if beef isn’t for dinner, patrons to local restaurants will get a lesson on its benefits.

After 23 years in business, She’s clothing store will shut its doors for good at month’s end. The Free Lance talked with owner Sheila Stevens about her time at She’s, ownership of several downtown businesses and her next phase in life as she plans to open a consignment store in the coming months as she recovers from health issues.

In an effort to prevent gas pipeline failures like the one that resulted in the fatal 2010 San Bruno explosion, Pacific Gas & Electric in the coming weeks is informing property owners about avoiding impediments near pipelines and other safety precautions.

If repetition counts for anything, the two-day Hollister Airshow has become an official tradition for Hollister. But early on, the man in charge—city official Mike Chambless—had doubts about pulling it off. Chambless is not a pilot and didn’t have a clue how to organize an airshow when the city council told him it wanted one.

Throughout the Amateur Softball Association (ASA) Girls Fastpitch Northern California State tournament, Andrew Barragan heard coaches, parents and friends from opposing teams dismiss his squad.

Artists are putting their finishing touches on the five utility boxes being painted to enhance the downtown's public art scene.

If anyone has noticed the new two-story building going up next to the Pacific Gas & Electric yard downtown, it actually has nothing to do with the utility.

A San Jose touring group will be performing "bare" at The Vault through June 27, according to an announcement on the production.

Summer has arrived and the birds are jubilantly chirping, the flowers are delightfully fragrant, and the sun-kissed blueberries are ripe enough to eat. Ah, summer. What’s not to like? Gardening, family strolls through San Juan Bautista and the occasional trip to the beach are just a few of my personal favorites. Prior to summer break [for my kiddos] I was carefully mapping out [their] summer enrichment programs. Swimming, YMCA day camp equivalents, and trips to the Boardwalk … You know, the usual. I was reflecting on the total cost of keeping my two boys engaged, busy and entertained throughout the summer. I kept thinking that just the attempt to make sense of the summer shenanigans was in itself absurd. I stopped jotting all the happenings and events in my calendar and did what any like-minded mother would do. I called my best friend for some of that old-time enlightenment.