County prepares for Phase 3
San Benito County is preparing to move into Phase 3 of the state’s roadmap to reopening business and other public activities.
Industries that could reopen, in county’s with a local variance, include nail salons, tattoo shops, gyms and fitness centers, libraries, indoor and children’s museums,...
Artists develop unique ways to showcase work during pandemic
With Covid-19 changing how everything is done, everyone has to find ways to “get creative” in order to do activities that were once taken for granted.
That might include ordering dinner from a local restaurant and picking it up outside its doors. For office employees,...
Two dead in collision south of Gilroy
Two Hollister men died in a head-on collision south of Gilroy June 2, according to authorities.
Safeway employee tests positive for Covid-19
Safeway confirmed on June 2 that an employee at its store on Tres Pinos Road in Hollister has a confirmed case of Covid-19.
Covid-19 puts limits on county fair
The San Benito County Fair will see some major changes to this year’s program, including the possibility of going fully virtual, due to the ongoing Covid-19 public health crisis.
Barbershops, hair salons allowed to reopen with restrictions
San Benito County moved forward with opening hair salons and barbershops as the county qualified for the local variance for the expansion of Phase 2 in the state’s roadmap to reopen.
On May 26, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the reopening guidance for hair salons and...
Guest view: How long can one-man rule last?
As worrisome as those aspects of one-party rule may be, we have now entered still another political phase in California—one-man rule.
Letter to the editor: Must practice inclusion
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.
McDowell Trust lauded for cancer research funding
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.
San Benito High to host in-person graduation ceremony
San Benito High School announced last week that it will host an in-person commencement ceremony for Class of 2020, no internet required.
Graduation Coordinator Brian DeCarli posted a video on YouTube that talked about a plan for the graduation to take place at Andy Hardin...