City moves to encourage hotel development
Despite the completion of the Fairfield Inn and Suites by Marriott off Gateway Drive, the Hollister City Council voted 3-1 to include the new hotel in the Economic Development Subsidy, a program that is designed to encourage the development of additional hotels in an...
Injured hawk recovers, is released
One of our local avian citizens has some wonderful people for whom to be thankful this year. At a field near downtown Morgan Hill last month, it's believed that this red-shouldered hawk was being attacked by a pair of much larger red-tailed hawks, who knocked the competing red-shoulder to the ground and badly bruised her wing. After being rescued and transported to the Wildlife Education and Rehabilitation Center, the hawk's exam showed that the right wing had painfully limited extension and the hawk could not stand well, but instead would totter over onto her side. A more visible and serious injury was feared – her left eye was covered by thick mucus surrounding the cornea. WERC staff cautiously cleansed the eye with warm water, which moved the tip of a foreign object into view. With tweezers, two foxtails were delicately removed from under the top eyelid and from the inner corner of the eye. Apparently, the hawk's desperate flailing on the weed-covered ground had allowed the offending foxtails to enter the eye, causing the secondary injury.
Farr testifies in support of Pinnacles name change
Congressman Sam Farr, D-Carmel, testified on Tuesday in support
Will high-speed rail get derailed in the new House?
Republicans regained a majority in the House of Representatives
At county fair, devotion to livestock is ‘name of the game’
Kailey Borland, 11, isn’t much bigger than the lamb she was showing at the San Benito County Fair on opening day as a member of the Bitterwater 4-H Club. She attends Jefferson Elementary near Paicines, and she’s been in 4-H for three years. She is already a veteran, having shown five animals.
