Jobless rate dips as usual due to agriculture season
San Benito County's unemployment rate has continued decreasing
Police nab shoplifting suspect with surveillance help
Hollister police have identified and arrested one of the shoplifting suspects recently caught on camera.
Former GHS teacher to serve 1 year for sex crimes
The former Gilroy High School math teacher who pleaded no contest to four counts of sex crimes with a girl half his age will serve one year in county jail.
How to protect wild babies
March 20 heralds the arrival of spring and nature is blooming with new life, both floral and faunal. Nesting season also begins and typically continues through August. Unfortunately, every year the Wildlife Education and Rehabilitation Center and other wildlife rehabilitation facilities across the nation receive thousands of baby birds, rabbits and tree squirrels because they have lost their nests or been injured due to yard and home maintenance, such as these three little barn owlets who were knocked out of their nest in a palm tree that was being pruned.
Strada Verde joint study session postponed
The applicant for the proposed Strada Verde Innovation Park in northern San Benito County has asked local officials to postpone an upcoming planning meeting due to recent changes in leadership at the project’s development company.
In a March 9 email to San Benito County planning...
Stolen tractor leads authorities to $800,000 stash
A Global Positioning System device on a tractor taken from a












