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It’s that time of year again. The time when no matter what holiday you celebrate, families get together. We share a meal. We share time together. And generally this ends well with everyone radiating love and a full stomach when the celebration is over.

The pastime of backpacking is a tough sell, and that is a terrible shame. I will never win over the “my-idea-of-camping-is-a-night-at-the-Four-Seasons” crowd. After all, there is a good bit of burdened walking and doing without. But many times, I have watched the evening light cast a glow over a wilderness setting of amazing grandeur and peace and thought that if I could just pick someone up and set them down here, they would dismiss the hardships as a small price to pay for such a moment.

The Free Lance had a newsroom full of likeable eccentrics in the early 2000s, but I’m guessing most of them would acknowledge that Linda Lee King was the most eccentric of the bunch in those days. Linda never stopped telling stories, in person and on paper. Usually, the topics weren’t so serious—her chickens were the main characters in a lot of them—but she had plenty of somber, ice-cold experiences to share as well.

The holiday shopping season has certainly begun, judging from the decorations seen in local stores and the sales being advertised. However, this is not the “Christmas season” itself because, according to the traditional Christian calendar, that begins on Dec. 25 and continues through Jan. 5 (the famous “12 Days of Christmas”).

Not everyone can afford to buy residential real estate and not every company wants to purchase their space. For those reasons we have leasing and renting.

In just its second year as a program, the Hollister Blackjacks have become one of the elite traveling club teams in the greater South Valley area.

San Benito County's unemployment rate was at 7.3 percent in October, according to the California Employment Department.

This week Samaritan's Purse is asking Hollister families to donate 5,500 shoeboxes full of toys, school supplies and hygiene items for kids overseas through Operation Christmas Child.

Author Elayne Silva-Reyna is signing her illustrated book – “WOLF DREAMER of the LONGEST NIGHT MOON” – from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. December 6, according to an announcement from the author.

The San Benito County Public Health Department hosted its annual free flu clinic at the Veterans Memorial Building on Thursday.