Covid-19: By the numbers
As of Aug. 7, there have been 709 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in San Benito County. The local death count remains at four, according to county officials.
Confirmed cases include patients who have since recovered and those who are deceased.
The data from the Public Health...
Local tractor accident victim Yates ‘loved his ranch’
Leonard Wayne Yates is remembered as a hard-working man who
Seven honored as Balers of the Year
On March 23, the Baler Education Foundation celebrated seven distinguished people at the annual Baler Hall of Fame Fest.
This year’s honorees are:
Sandy Lydon
Sandy is a 1957 graduate of San Benito High where he was a member of the California Scholarship Federation and where he...
Hollister students take regional band honors
Members of the Rancho Maze Band and Hollister Youth Music Network recently performed with the California Music Educators Association’s Central Coast Section Honor Band, according to a press release.
Musicians Thomas Feci (trumpet), Benny Gomez Jr. (tenor saxophone), Shyloh Gonzalez (bass clarinet), Jaxon Lopez (trombone),...
Nearly nine decades of agriculture history
Opened in 1915 by Frank Felice, and at that time known as the
Richmond Appleton chronicles his life story from war-torn Liberia
Adversity started early for Liberian-born Richmond Appleton. At age 5, he was stricken with polio. At around the same time, the beginning of a civil war started to engulf the West African coastside country, leading to the deaths of 250,000 people over a 14-year...
Parasite kills native California pigeons
Hundreds of California native pigeons have died this winter due to a parasitic disease, announced state wildlife officials on Feb. 23.
California Department of Fish and Wildlife officials said they’ve noticed an increase of reported sick and dead band-tailed pigeons since early February, mostly around...
