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As some of the last customers filed in and out of Penny Wise Drugs in downtown Hollister this week, Jeanne Rosati recalled spending her childhood at the store. As a clear contrast of the times, she remembered being a kid, and running the ribbon-making machine used for wrapping gifts.

Welcome to 2014. To celebrate the New Year, I decided to do my annual Cleaning of the Car. OK, it's not really annual, because it's happened once in eight years. So it's like octo-annual. Yeah. So, you know, it wasn't always like this. I once drove a nice car. It wasn't mommy-like at all. I kept it clean and shiny and French-fry free. It didn't smell like feet. It didn't have mud stained carpet or dog slobbered windows.

This Christmas season, parishioners of Gilroy's St. Mary Roman Catholic Church received a special gift to enhance their worship services. Displayed beside the altar is an 8-foot square representation of Bethlehem as it may have looked at the time of Jesus' birth.

A round of applause for your hands! They're the only tool I know that can do everything from typing a resume to steering a car to catching a fastball.

About 45 percent of Americans make New Year’s resolutions, according to a survey from the University of Scranton. But the same survey shows that only 8 percent of us actually keep our resolutions. Perhaps this low success rate isn’t such a tragedy when our resolutions involve things like losing a little weight or learning a foreign language. But when we make financial resolutions - resolutions that, if achieved, could significantly help us in our pursuit of our important long-term goals - it’s clearly worthwhile to make every effort to follow through.

The San Benito County Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Bureau has announced its man, woman and businesses of the year.

San Juan Bautista-based Earthbound Farm has a new president, its parent company announced.

The San Juan Bautista Planning Commission will consider a recommendation Tuesday to repeal the franchise ban that has kept chain businesses from coming to the Mission City.

Despite trailing 11 points at the break, the Gavilan women's basketball team didn't give up. 

Penny Wise is marking its final 10 days in business – after a 65-year run – with an "out of business" sale.