COVID-19

A tense meeting that drew many opponents of a proposed vaccination policy for county employees digressed into a shouting match after Supervisor Bea Gonzales ordered the chambers to clear following repeated interruptions from audience members. Sheriff’s deputies escorted some members of the public out of...

Noe Montoya, a long-time actor and musician for El Teatro Campesino in San Juan Bautista, passed away on Nov. 26 at his home in Hollister. He was 66 years old.  El Teatro Campesino founder and artistic director Luis Valdez wrote on the group’s Facebook page,...

The L452R variant of Covid-19—being identified by viral genomic sequencing in San Francisco, Monterey and Santa Clara counties—has been linked to the outbreak at Kaiser Permanente's San Jose Medical Center that led to several dozen infections and possibly one death, as well as other large outbreaks in Santa Clara County.

San Benito County Public Health officials are reporting the number of new Covid-19 cases continuing to rise in the county including another death in their latest newsletter. As of Dec. 7, county officials reported a 19th death and 2,177 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus...

San Benito High School moved one step forward to getting student-athletes back to the playing field as the state lifted the region’s stay-at-home order, allowing at least one of the programs to compete this year.  Athletic Director Tod Thatcher announced that the Fall Season 1—which...

San Benito County Public Health officials are reporting a new single-day case record of Covid-19 infections, surpassing the century mark for the first time since the pandemic began in March. As of Dec. 16, the county’s Covid-19 dashboard shows that there are currently 445 active...

More than 500 companies in San Benito County have collectively received millions of dollars worth of loans through the Small Business Administration since the Covid-19 pandemic began.

The City of Hollister came up with the idea to allow business owners to keep their places open under all of the state’s Covid-19 guidelines with the help of building new outdoor parklets along San Benito Street. But any plans to utilize the outdoor spaces...

Covid-19 vaccine boosters are available to all adults 18 years and older who qualify based on the timing of their previous doses of the vaccine, according to San Benito County health officials.  Anyone in a higher-risk group—including seniors 65 and older, people with underlying medical...

San Benito County is offering gift cards and cash to eligible residents and county employees who have been vaccinated against Covid-19.  The incentives include $200 in cash for those who have completed a full series of Covid-19 vaccination shots since Aug. 10, and $25 gift...