Q&A: Farr’s local legacy starts with national park
Congressman Sam Farr is retiring after 23 years of representing San Benito, Santa Cruz and Monterey counties in Washington D.C. Some of his accomplishments include helping to establish Pinnacles National Park, obtaining federal funds for the local airport and advocating for affordable housing.
County values dropped 2.5 percent last year
San Benito County's assessed property values dropped by 2.5
Planning commission approves mosque
The Santa Clara County Planning Commission approved plans to build the Cordoba Center in San Martin – a mosque, cemetery and meeting place for the South Valley Islamic Community – at its meeting late Thursday afternoon, according to Hamdy Abbass, spokesman for SVIC who attended the meeting in San Jose.
Eckert’s position as Hollister city manager gets shakier each day
Within days after the Hollister City Council backtracked on a commitment to hire Paul Eckert as its new city manager—hiring him instead on an interim basis—even that appointment was increasingly in doubt this week.
Eckert’s job status was to be the subject of another closed-door...
Need to plan a bus trip? Google it
County Express riders can now plan their route and find schedule information for fixed-route bus service and inter-county transportation services using a Google Transit trip planner.
Neighbors upset over $1.5m curve work near Pinnacles
Paicines area residents like Sonya Taylor are upset over Caltrans’ $1.5 million curve realignment on Airline Highway near Pinnacles National Park, arguing it decreases safety levels and costs too much money.
