Business

San Benito County officials are warning residents, contractors, applicants and members of the public about a recent email scam involving fraudulent messages impersonating county staff associated with Planning and Building Services.  County authorities became aware of scam emails being sent from unauthorized email domains, says...

Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital has launched a pilot weapons detection and screening program as part of an effort to strengthen workplace safety and prepare for new state requirements aimed at reducing violence in healthcare settings, according to hospital officials. The screening program began May 26...

The San Benito County Integrated Waste Management Regional Agency will host a free Recycle Day event May 30 for residents to safely dispose of household hazardous waste, tires, mattresses and electronic waste. The event will take place 9am-1pm Sheriff’s Department and Resource Management Agency parking...

A series of letters published in South Valley newspapers over the past several months claiming that mountain lions are dangerously overpopulated in the Santa Cruz Mountains has drawn sharp disagreement from researchers and wildlife managers who say the claims misrepresent how the species’ populations...

Santa Clara County officials, community organizers and residents gathered at the county government center in San Jose May 14 to oppose a federal plan to build an immigration detention facility on agricultural land just outside Gilroy city limits, vowing to fight the project in...

Union Road construction continues  Demolition and new paving activities have been completed on the Union Road Rehabilitation project, which is still on track to be completed by the end of June, according to San Benito County officials.  Over the next several weeks, crews will focus on...

Smoke filled the air, grills were fired up and thousands of barbecue lovers descended on downtown San Juan Bautista as the community came together for a three-day rib cook-off celebrating food, music and small-town summer fun.  The annual event May 8-10 brought together nine pitmasters...

Gavilan College and the Gavilan Student Workers Union jointly announced that the college has recognized GSWU as the exclusive representative of student worker employees of the Gavilan Joint Community College District.  This is the first time a community college student workers union has been voluntarily...

The Hollister School District has seen positive impacts from an increased use of co-teaching in classrooms that involves combining special education students with general education peers.  A pilot program at Rancho Santana School has really underscored gains from blending students who have been largely separated...

San Benito Agricultural Land Trust this week announced it has received grant funding to support two significant land conservation projects in San Benito County.  Grants totaling more than $3.4 million will partially fund the purchase of the 586-acre San Antonio Ranch in San Juan Bautista,...