COVID-19

Gavilan College learned over the weekend that someone who had been working on campus tested positive for Covid-19, forcing the college to do a deep cleaning before it can reopen its doors again.   College spokesperson Jan Bernstein-Chargin said they reported the most recent case to...

The number of new Covid-19 cases continues to fluctuate in San Benito County and public health officials have reported another jump in the local death count. As of Sept. 8, county officials reported a 10th death and 1,207 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the county,...

The San Benito County Board of Supervisors opened up a second round of small business grants to help locals who have been directly impacted by recent stay-at-home orders and related Covid-19 restrictions.

San Benito County Public Health officials are reporting that the number of new daily cases of Covid-19 continues to rise within the county.   As of Nov. 18, there have been 1,652 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in the county, which is an increase of...

The City of San Juan Bautista came to a settlement agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over violations for discharging wastewater into San Juan Creek. The EPA on Aug. 27 issued a press release stating that the settlement requires the city to make major...

San Benito County Public Health officials are reporting the number of new Covid-19 cases is still on the rise in the county including another death in their latest report. As of Sept. 18, county officials reported an 11th death and 1,272 confirmed cases of the...

San Benito County Public Health officials report the number of new Covid-19 cases continue to come in at a steady pace, including two new deaths in their latest newsletter. On Jan. 22, the county reported its 47th and 48th death of the novel coronavirus in...

El Condado de San Benito ha experimentado un gran aumento de los casos de Covid-19 desde finales de julio. Los Servicios de Salud Pública dicen que gran parte de esto se debe a que los residentes continúan organizando y asistiendo a reuniones privadas sin...

Cecily Murray may live in Mountain View, but her heart remains firmly entrenched in South Valley. How else to explain her efforts to pay it forward with the Meals for Heroes program? On Jan. 3, Murray took it upon herself to deliver dozens of...

San Benito County could begin administering Covid-19 vaccines to children as young as 12 years old by the end of this week, according to county officials. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration earlier this week authorized the Pfizer BioNTech two-dose vaccine for children ages 12...