Rodeo time
The San Benito County Saddle Horse Show & Rodeo kicked off rodeo week on June 22 with the annual rodeo parade in downtown Hollister.
The procession began with a traditional cattle drive down the middle of San Benito Street, featuring dozens of steers, longhorn cattle...
Statewide cleanup effort includes inaugural ‘Trashure Hunt’
California Coastal Cleanup Day will celebrate its 41st year this September with its first ever “Trashure Hunt,” offering participants the chance to win a variety of prizes by volunteering to pick up litter and garbage at hundreds of locations across the state, organizers announced...
Community Food Bank prepares for surge in demand
Thousands of households in San Benito County who have received extra CalFresh benefits due to pandemic-related hardships will see a reduction in their monthly allotments as of April 1, and local service providers are preparing now to meet the inevitable surge in demand that...
Local Scene: Organizations awarded art grants
San Benito County organizations awarded $140K arts grants
San Benito County Clerk-Recorder-Elections and Costanoan Indian Research Inc. were among 23 organizations throughout the Central Coast to have been awarded $140,000 grants to partner with an artist over a 12-month period to create an arts engagement...
Murillo, Pulizzi win San Benito County Spelling Bee
The 2024 Countywide Spelling Bee on Feb. 6 featured 20 students who qualified for the annual event in two age groups. The contest was hosted by the San Benito County Office of Education at the Veterans Memorial Building in Hollister.
Tony Balbas, SBCOE Coordinator of...
Kathy Johnson named interim foundation CEO
The Community Foundation for San Benito County this week announced its board has appointed Kathy Johnson as its interim CEO.
Johnson brings more than 30 years of nonprofit leadership experience to the local foundation, says a press release from the Community Foundation for San Benito...
Local Scene: Academic honors, Harvest Festival, Hollister Hills
Locals named to Dean’s List
Hollister residents Ema Alfaro, Miranda Hernandez, Daniela Hernandez and Anessa Ocampo were named to the Stanislaus State University Dean’s List for the spring 2023 semester.
To qualify for the Dean’s List, students must earn a GPA of 3.5 or higher and...
Local Scene: Overnight construction at roundabout; ‘Star Wars’ celebrity to visit Hollister
Art, landscaping to beautify Highway 25
As part of Clean California, a state beautification project to upgrade a 1.6-mile section of State Route 25 with new planting and transportation art is underway, Caltrans officials announced last week.
The $1 million project was approved as part of...
Sutter Health clarifies position on Hazel Hawkins interest
A spokesperson for Sutter Health last week denied that the healthcare system is formally seeking to partner with Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital.
The statement came in response to questions about a Feb. 3 letter from two representatives of Sutter Health to the Hollister hospital’s governing...
Local Scene: Academic honors; digital divide survey
Watkins graduates from Shenandoah University
Branden Watkins, of Hollister, was among the 1,143 students who graduated from Shenandoah University during the 2022-23 academic year. Watkins earned a Post-Graduate Certificate in Nurse-Midwifery.
Shenandoah University was established in 1875, and is headquartered in Winchester, Virginia, with additional educational...
