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Recently I came across a story about how more and more people are taking vacations alone. Although it said those going sans husband/wife/friend/partner aren’t the majority, solo travel is gaining in popularity.

Even though the canning season is three months away, there was plenty of commotion Thursday outside the San Benito Foods plant along Sally Street.

How does one become part of the 1 percent or even just move a little further up the ladder? A 2012 Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards study found that across all income and socioeconomic levels, when financial planning is done, the better you will fare.

It's April, and you know what that means. Yes, it's shopping season at Gilroy Premium Outlets. It's not as bad as Thanksgiving (and please, don't get me started on the fact that the outlets open at 6 p.m. or so on Thanksgiving Day—I mean, I love a good shopping spree, but even I draw the line there). But once the weather turns nice, the outlets start to buzz with activity.

The county’s unemployment rate dipped slightly in March, according to data released Friday.

If you are running for public office, the safest stance is to say, “I can make a difference” – assuring voters that there are better prospects ahead – but the truth is that it is hard to be optimistic about the future of San Benito County. Some residents will have a good life, but we are unlikely to prosper as a community unless we reject the same old methods being put forward by incumbents and candidates that always result in the status quo; frankly, we can't afford it.

GILROY — You don’t have to be a lifelong volleyball player to be successful. Gavilan’s Brittani Siaz is proof of that.

San Benito County Public Health hosted an emergency preparedness summit Tuesday at Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital.

Residents in opposition of fracking – and other forms of extracting oil and natural gas in the county – are attempting to place a proposed ban against such activities on the November ballot.

The state public health department has alerted to forgo eating any commercially caught anchovies or sardines – along with the organs from crab – taken from Monterey or Santa Cruz counties.