While Hollister has received more than two inches of rain in the deluge of storms that started Nov. 28 across Northern California and the Central Coast, the city and county have avoided the brunt of storms that caused flash flood warnings in other nearby counties, with some places seeing 12 to 20 inches of rain.
Gilroy Garlic Festival-goers have one more thing to be happy about besides Pepper Steak Sandwiches, garlic-scented bubbles or a 250-foot-long zip line: Afternoon temperatures this weekend should be about 10 degrees cooler than seasonal averages, according to forecaster Bob Benjamin with the National Weather Service in Monterey.
Hot summer days across the country contributed to six child deaths so far this year from heat stroke when children were left unattended in vehicles; that fact has caused the California Highway Patrol to issue a warning about the extreme danger of leaving children in hot vehicles this summer.
Happy Spring everyone; or is it still winter? I don’t think any of us really know these days as the weather sure has been crazy this year. We finally received that good soaker last weekend that we’ve been waiting for so long now. It was a beautiful storm, cold, but wet. Just wait we needed and just in the nick of time.