Sotelo, Curro slated to win supervisor seats
Unofficial June 7 election results show that two San Benito County Supervisor candidates—Mindy Sotelo in District 3 and Angela Curro in District 4—as well as Sheriff Eric Taylor have secured enough votes to win their contests outright and avoid a runoff.
And the county is...
Hazel Hawkins seeks $250M for seismic upgrades
Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital is hoping to secure state funding so it can complete a mandatory seismic upgrade by 2030, according to hospital staff. Such a project is expected to cost the Hollister hospital at least $250 million.
Senate Bill 1953, known as the Hospital...
Office of Education celebrates Employees of Year
The San Benito County Office of Education on May 31 recognized the Certificated and Classified Employees of the year from schools throughout the county.
The annual SBCOE Employee of the Year celebration recognizes education staff who “challenge, motivate and inspire students,” says a press release...
Graduates move forward
San Benito High School teachers, faculty and parents ushered more than 700 graduates of the Class of 2022 into adulthood at the school’s June 3 commencement ceremony.
The festivities took place on the San Benito High campus multi-purpose field in Hollister.
For his commencement address, San...
Orthodontists provide scholarships to students
Wafelbakker Anderson Orthodontics presented $2,000 scholarships to five seniors from area high schools.
In Hollister, Julien Garcia of San Benito High School received a scholarship.
Wafelbakker Anderson Orthodontics’ history of philanthropy dates back to 1988 when Dr. Bas W. Wafelbakker bought the practice in Gilroy. Today,...
First responders showcase art
The San Benito County Arts Council and local fire and law enforcement will host a First Responder Art Show from 2-5pm on June 18 at The Art Depot, 35 Fifth St., located in the historic train depot in downtown Hollister.
This exhibition will include a...
Meet the candidates: 18th U.S. Congressional District
The race for the newly drawn 18th U.S. Congressional District features two challengers to the incumbency of Congressmember Zoe Lofgren, who is vying for her 14th consecutive term.
But Lofgren has not yet represented San Benito County in Congress, as her district lines were redrawn...
Groups raise funds for student internet access
Headed by the San Juan Bautista Rotary and the Aromas-San Juan Community Schools Foundation, a coalition of community groups have raised $40,000 needed to secure a $200,000 federal grant to upgrade equipment to provide internet to local schools.
The 4-1 match from the federal E-Rate...
Art students show off their talents
Art students at San Benito High School spent the year learning how to use their abilities and education to create helpful resources, solve problems and work together on any project that comes their way.
About 500 Baler art students got a chance to show off...
Rivas’ late bid to become Speaker rises, then fails
Late May 27, just as California legislators were preparing to check out for the long holiday weekend, an earthquake rocked the California political world: Assemblymember Robert Rivas, a Hollister Democrat, announced that he had “secured enough votes” to become the next speaker of the...
