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Hazel Hawkins Hospital is considering following the lead of local schools by adding solar panels to offset energy costs.

As the holiday season gets under way, local groups are coordinating a variety of ways to help the less fortunate, from holiday dinners to food and toy drives. Here are just a few of the collections and fundraisers planned for the holiday season. If you know of other events in the coming weeks, let us know at (831) 637-5566 or [email protected].

A project to re-pave a nearly two-mile portion of a frontage along San Felipe Road in Hollister should be done by the start of December, a city engineer confirmed.

The number of San Benito County children classified as overweight or obese declined by 5.6 percent from 2005 to 2010, according to a report released by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research last week. The study, put out by the organization with support from the California Center for Public Health Advocacy, looks at children in the fifth, seventh and ninth grades across the state.

The San Benito County Board of Supervisors received a presentation Tuesday on a 10-year plan to end homelessness in the San Benito and Monterey county area – the outcome of 14 months of planning and meeting between stakeholder agencies in the region.

Jane Rekedal, a local potter and ceramics instructor of 32 years at Gavilan College, will host her bi-annual Aromas Pottery Studio Open House – an event she's held since 1975 – from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Nov. 26-27 and Dec. 3-4 at 1560 Cannon Road in Aromas.

Supervisors on Tuesday found out San Benito County faces a shortfall of more than $400,000 due to an employee filing late claims for in-home support services.