The Santa Clara County coroner's office released the identity of the Tres Pinos teenager killed Monday in an accident on Bolsa Road as Alexander Armlin.
Caltrans’ work on Airline Highway the day before this year’s San Benito County Fair ruffled a few feathers, but event organizers worked with the state to resolve the issue before the official start to the four-day run.
After the roar of cannons and muskets had ceased and the smoke from the skirmish in the small town drifted away, the bodies of men in gray uniforms could be seen scattered along the dirt road. Then the blue-coated soldiers marched abreast down the narrow road, stepping over the bodies until they reached the town square and formed up to raise the American flag.
When Tres Pinos cattle rancher Allan Renz goes riding into the pasture to check his herd, it’s warmer than usual. Recent rains saturate the earth. There’s grass growing.