Business

Almond coffee to almond champagne, there was a beverage for everyone at the grand opening and ribbon-cutting celebration Nov. 21 at Fifth Street Coffee, 7501 Monterey St. Owner Yolanda Castaneda, her husband Daniel, their family, friends and Gilroy Chamber of Commerce ambassadors helped her snip the red ribbon and welcome the shop to downtown Gilroy.

Managers of Christopher Ranch, South County’s largest private employer, couldn’t help but notice the too-frequent mass shootings that occur almost on a weekly basis across the nation, many of which happen at a workplace. But when a former employee shot and killed two managers and...

Rabobank associates Jennifer Lovecchio, Tammy McCormick, Vahlya Eldredge and Amber Minderler joined Deanna Franklin, vice president and branch manager of Rabobank Gilroy, Harry Wardwell, regional president of the Central Coast Region and Rabobank CEO John Ryan in the ribbon-cutting ceremony for their newly remodeled location at 805 First St., Gilroy.

With election day approaching, voters have several state propositions from which to choose. Below is a brief description of each of them. For a deeper dive, visit voterguide.sos.ca.gov/propositions. Proposition 2 Public School and Community College Facilities Under Prop. 2, the state would sell a $10 billion bond...

The latest statewide snowpack measurement from the California Department of Water Resources is another indication that the tremendously wet winter might have been too much of a good thing. The agency’s readings from 130 snow sensors placed throughout the Sierra Nevada show the  snowpack’s snow-water...

Car dealers have found a new way to profit from people with money trouble: leasing them hand-me-down vehicles.

A gym must address many factors if it wants to flex its financial muscles. According to Fit Republic in Gilroy, the most important things are a friendly “Hello,” and “Goodbye.” “The number one reason why a person quits going to a gym is that they...

A premier northern California focal point for the preservation, enjoyment, instruction and performance of bluegrass music is in San Benito County, where the Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival takes place the second weekend of August every year in Tres Pinos.  The 31st annual festival, Aug....