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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.

I don't support soak-the-rich taxes, but I do believe that tax policy should make some sense. That's why I'm at a loss to explain why the San Benito County Board of Supervisors let the June election cycle pass by without any concerted effort to fix the county's sales tax inequities. I hope they do not fail to get it on the November ballot at the county and two cities and explain it in detail to a justifiably skeptical electorate.

Are you ready for something new and adventurous? How about horseback riding on a trail leading to a lookout over the Santa Clara Valley and afterward enjoying appetizers and winetasting?

Have you ever had one of those serendipitous moments when a couple of seemingly non-related events develop into an “Aha!” flash that’s so awesome you want to shout “WOW!” except you were in church or something and that’s not such a great idea?

“Game On” may have a familiar feeling to those who have witnessed investors trying to get into into large money-making deals; a familiar subject in the Silicon Valley. Playwrights Dan Hoyle and Tony Taccon offer a clever and sometimes confusing mix of venture capitalism and fantasy baseball rolled into a comedy that—at times—tries too hard.

You've arrived early to the event to get a good seat. But, ergonomically, do you know what constitutes a good seat?