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Latino inclusion begins with growing and harvesting our food going back at least to my childhood in World War Two. At that time, our mother brought us children to pick string beans in a San Jose field near the soon-to-be Hawaiian Gardens.

A prominent cancer research organization announced last week that scientists have discovered some promising treatment for pediatric brain cancer, and the studies were funded in part by the local McDowell Charity Trust.

For the first time in Hollister’s history, the city’s police department recently deployed its first all-female team on a single patrol shift on May 15.

Local representatives will host a farmworker relief drive in San Juan Bautista 11am to 12pm May 23 in San Juan Bautista.

San Benito County officials announced May 20 that the Office of Emergency Services will be distributing free masks to businesses located within the county.

Undocumented immigrants are now eligible for disaster relief assistance from the state of California as the Covid-19 pandemic continues to impact household and small business finances.

The Hollister Police Department will continue to register local sex offenders in person—with social distancing protocols in place—despite an executive order by Gov. Gavin Newsom allowing law enforcement to conduct such registration remotely.

As a team, the local Sports Medicine Club placed sixth in the large school division. The top 10 teams from that round earned the opportunity to compete in the AACI National Sports Medicine Competition earlier this month.

Starting May 12, Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital has reopened its outpatient lab for senior citizens, pregnant women and patients who are immunocompromised or have serious underlying health conditions.

California’s Latino community is experiencing the brunt of the Covid-19 pandemic’s impact. About 50 percent of the state’s more than 62,000 cases, and 33 percent of its total deaths are Latino, more than any other racial or ethnic group in California.