Meeting Preview: Intergovernmental panel to discuss motorcycle rally
The countywide intergovernmental committee will hold its next meeting in a week.
San Benito remains on hook for back tax
San Benito County received another jolt to its budget this week when an assembly bill introduced in February that would have forgiven $3.5 million in property tax owed due to miscalculations over nearly a decade was killed in the Senate appropriations committee.
Supes decline to consider denouncing Ariz. law
Supervisors today showed lacking support to even consider a
South County Housing awarded $1M grant
South County Housing, a nonprofit affordable housing developer
Calendar & Briefs: Olive Festival, Food & Wine events coming
The second annual San Benito County Olive Festival is set for 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 11 at Bolado Park.
Butterflies make comeback on Coyote Ridge
Coyote Ridge, the hills east of U.S. 101 near Coyote Creek Golf Club, is once again ablaze with native wildflowers. Public tours are offered by docents from the Santa Clara County Open Space Authority (www.openspaceauthority.org ). I can tell you from experience that the hike is well worth the sight of the flowers and the breathtaking views of the Santa Clara Valley.
Caltrans begins roadwork east of Gilroy
A California Department of Transportation project to upgrade a section of State Route 152 seven miles east of Gilroy is expected to cause delays to local motorists during the evenings and weekends. Work has started and will continue until March 2014.















