Update: Traffic fatalities include four family members, Hollister man
Traffic accidents in San Benito County took the lives of five people on Sunday—including a mother and three children whose sedan collided with a big-rig truck on Highway 156, according to sources.
About 8:05pm Aug. 14, a 2014 Tesla, driven by a 55-year-old woman, was...
Local Scene: Blood drive Aug. 17; National Night Out Aug. 1
Red Cross needs help to avert a blood shortage
After a summer of declining donations, the American Red Cross needs the public’s help to prevent a blood shortage.
Right now, the Red Cross especially needs type O negative, type O positive and type B negative blood...
Trump takes steps to overhaul CA water delivery
President Donald Trump lost no time Jan. 20 in advancing his agenda for California’s water supply with a “presidential action” intended to send more Delta water south to millions of Southern Californians and San Joaquin Valley farms.
The memo calls on the Secretary of Commerce...
Recycle your Christmas tree in San Benito County
Are you wondering what to do with your Christmas tree after the holiday season ends?
In San Benito County, there are several recycling options to safely and cleanly dispose of your Christmas tree. County officials, in a Dec. 30 press release, listed the options below.
Scouts...
Event raises awareness of importance of Juristac
It’s springtime, and orange poppies, purple lupine and red paintbrush flowers color the hillsides at Juristac, a pristine hillside landscape in northern San Benito County and Southern Santa Clara County that is the site of a proposal for an open pit mining project.
In honor...
Folklorico music conference coming to Central Coast
Esperanza del Valle, Pajaro Valley’s long-standing Mexican folklorico dance group, is preparing for the “Reinforcing Cultural Identity” conference coming to Cabrillo College on Aug. 15-25.
The group will welcome Ballet Folklórico del Puerto de Veracruz de la Universidad Veracruzana, from Mexico, to offer a series...
Child dies in July 24 traffic collision
An 11-month-old boy died in a three-car pileup collision in northeast San Benito County Saturday afternoon, according to authorities.
About 1:20pm July 24, California Highway Patrol received a call reporting a traffic accident on Highway 156, just west of Pacheco Creek Drive.
Officers arrived at the...
Police seek to ID Safeway grand theft suspect
Police are looking for a woman who stole a customer’s wallet at Safeway, then used the victim’s credit cards to purchase $5,000 worth of items at another store in Hollister, authorities said.
Business is back in ‘style’
It’s been a roller coaster year for Bella Mia Salon owner and stylist Olga Arreola, who last week was able to reopen her shop for the first time since December.
The guidelines are just the same as the first two times: one guest per stylist...
County recognizes STEAM expo winners
March 8 marked San Benito County Office of Education's Annual STEAM Expo. The Expo celebrates Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math—and gives students across the county the opportunity to enter science projects, STEAM projects, inventions and artwork, says a press release from SBCOE.
Visitors were...
