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Despite a year with half the average rainfall, the San Benito County Water District estimates the current groundwater levels and stored water are sufficient to “accommodate several successive dry years with negative water budgets,” according to the annual groundwater report available on the district’s website.

Even though San Benito County’s Public Health department waited until January to hold a free seasonal flu vaccination clinic, there was a line of about 50 people when they opened the doors of the Veterans Memorial Building at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, with a line forming again in the afternoon.

Seven suspects arrested in connection with a November raid at a local cockfighting event are due in court Tuesday.

At the first meeting of 2013, San Benito County supervisors are expected to make a decision on the temporary appointment of a management budget analyst III after receiving a short notice vacancy on Dec. 28. The meeting will be Tuesday at 9 a.m., in the supervisors’ chamber on Fourth Street.

In October, the Council of San Benito County Governments, along with two other regional agencies, sponsored a Rideshare Week to encourage residents to find alternatives to work beside driving solo. Those who carpooled, rode a bike or the bus, or walked to work had a chance to enter a drawing for prices.

Several highly debated topics – including a Hollister motorcycle rally – are on the agenda at the year's first intergovernmental committee meeting.

The Autism Parent Club of San Benito County will host a meeting from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday at Pritchett’s Living Services, 800-F San Benito St., in Hollister.

San Benito County residents and others interested in Pinnacles National Monument’s future have less than a month to comment on a draft general management plan and environmental assessment. The public comment period will close on Jan. 11.

The San Benito County supervisors will meet Tuesday for a special meeting to continue discussions related to the budget that came out of the board retreat, at 9 a.m.

The children in the YMCA of San Benito County afterschool programs have been hard at work again making a difference in the community.