Tag: san benito county
Burn ban declared due to drought
Calfire has declared a burn ban for San Benito and Monterey counties due to drought conditions, according to a statement from the state agency.
Cooler: Spare farmers from water cuts?
Panelists answered the following: Should farmers be spared from the state’s mandatory 25 percent cut in water use as ordered by the governor?
MACE winner Lezama runs Dia del Niño, gatherings
Hollister’s Maria Lezama just might be the neighborhood mom.
Group: Oil company drops suit over fracking measure
Citadel Exploration has dropped its lawsuit against the county over the Measure J lawsuit, according to the Center for Biological Diversity.
Updated: More details on restrictions for water cutback
Anyone who waters more than twice a week, showers the sidewalk or uses a decorative fountain without recirculating the H2O are among residents who will be in violation of new restrictions once they are officially in place.
County weighs use of funds for Ebola preparation
The county is looking to use $66,157 in funds from the California Department of Public Health for services and training related to the Ebola virus.
Guest View: What is public health?
Public health defies easy descriptors common to other fields of medicine, like “doctor for adults” or “doctor for kids.” Consequently, the public may not know the many ways that public health impacts our lives on a daily basis. As we approach National Public Health Week 2015 (April 6-12), I would like to take this opportunity to describe what we do, how we do it, and why we do it.
District opts for smaller reserve
San Juan-Aromas Unified School District trustees voted 3-2 in favor of amending board policy to require the district to keep a 9 percent reserve, which easily meets the state-mandated minimum but is nearly half the size of the original rainy-day fund.
Caltrans installs new traffic cameras on 101
Caltrans has installed three new traffic cameras showing real-time conditions along U.S. 101 in Monterey County.
Pinnacles climbs the mountaintop
National Park Service Ranger Sierra Willoughby stopped the second grade students in a clearing surrounded by trees stretching many times their height and asked them what they heard.
