No, that wasn't a sonic boom you heard in Hollister on Monday morning - it was the collective groan of a city full of kids returning to school after a long winter's break.
A motivational speaker last week had San Benito High School teachers and administrators dancing at their tables, hyperventilating over vocabulary and fired up about increasing state test scores in local schools.
Earlier this week I was driving down San Benito Street in my 2001 Ford truck unwillingly going below the speed limit behind a distracted driver behind the wheel of a Dodge Viper sports car.
Jazmine Parra and a friend were on their way to San Benito High School cheer practice one day last spring when her mother called and gave her the news – representatives for the Miss California Teen USA pageant wanted to meet her in Los Angeles to possibly get into the 2012 competition.
Emmaus House has an opening for the position of executive director. Resumes are currently being accepted as it prepares for the transition to a new executive director, when the current director, Mary Lou Coffelt, retires.
San Benito High School students put on their annual winter dance concert Dec. 7-9. As it does every year, the concert featured a variety of upbeat and exciting music. Some songs included: "If You're Out There" by John Legend, "Dream World" by Robin Thicke and "Pumped Up Kicks" by Foster the People. More than 100 students performed during the concerts.