Tag: social issues
Library ‘Friends’ receive $25K in grants
The Friends of the San Benito County Free Library recently received grants totally $25,000 to benefit programs and services at the library.
Local honored as Legal Advocate of the Year
Community Solutions’ Anita Wilson was presented with the 2012 Legal Advocate of the Year award by the California Partnership to End Domestic Violence last weekend, according to a press release from Community Solutions which is based in Gilroy.
Gossip pages come down after community outcry
Bullying prevention coordinators focus on working with schools
CRLA offers legal advice in Hollister on Thursdays
California Rural Legal Assistance has opened an office space in Hollister where they see clients one day a week for legal advice on issues ranging from fair housing, education and public benefits, among other topics. The office opened two months ago. The nonprofit agency, which has 18 offices in rural parts of California, has slowly been building a client base in San Benito County that has largely been through referrals from other nonprofit agencies.
Santa Clara County asks voters to increase sales tax
The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors passed the second and final reading of an ordinance at their meeting Tuesday that asks voters to increase sales tax by one-eighth cent in November. It would increase the local tax rate from 8.375 percent to 8.5 percent. The board voted 4-0, with Supervisor Mike Wasserman absent.
College Beat: Penn State loses scholarships, bowl bids, fined $60 million
The NCAA has banned Penn State's football team from postseason play for the next four years, slashed the number of football scholarships and vacated more than a decade of the team's wins as sanctions for a lack of oversight that led to the child sex abuse scandal involving former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky.
Pastors weigh in on gay marriage
President Barack Obama stirred a heated national debate when he became the first American president to publicly endorse gay marriage May 9, invoking mixed reactions from religious leaders in Gilroy and across the country.
Pinnacle Editorial: Rehab program deserves support
The San Benito County Behavioral Health Department received a much-needed boost for a sober-living program that should help many individuals clean up their lives while curtailing recidivism rates of local inmates.
Guest View: Census snapshot – The past and the future
The recent release of the 1940 U.S. Census forms by the National Archives caused an Internet crash as millions of Americans went searching for the records of their families, loved ones, and old memories – and occasionally to see if someone was telling the truth about growing up in Chicago. Although it was difficult, I eventually found the record of my maternal grandmother, my mom at age 18, and my surviving 85-year-old aunt as a 13-year-old sixth-grader.
