The San Benito County Arts Council, along with local artists, community members and representatives from California Department of Transportation, recently selected three artists through...
The California Department of Transportation has plans for construction near San Juan Bautista that may affect traffic if weather permits. For those and other road closures in the Central Coast area, see the list below.
For a while, it looked as though San Benito County would take yet another painful blow to the chin from the state. Fortunately, and with a persistent, laudable push from local delegates, area residents will see a return on their tax investment in California and lose a significant financial liability.
A local delegation met with Caltrans officials this week and obtained a commitment from the state agency to fully fund millions of dollars in upgrades that were deemed necessary before a swap could occur in which the city receives control of San Benito Street in downtown Hollister.
Seven days of helicopter operations by ARIS Helicopters from Hollister cost about $90,000, Caltrans reported a week ago, bringing the total bill for work on the Alder Creek slide area to nearly $2.5 million since the April landslide.