First case of monkeypox confirmed in San Benito County
San Benito County on Aug. 25 reported its first confirmed local case of monkeypox.
The case was confirmed through testing at a local Quest Diagnostics Laboratory, says a press release from the county. The infected person is in isolation under the care of a medical...
Insurance scammers face sentencing this week
In two separate Santa Clara County workers’ compensation insurance fraud cases, a child therapist and San Jose father and son business owners will face serious sentences for committing felony fraud, according to authorities.
Mark Anthony Ramos, 50, of Escondido, owner of Stars Bay Area Therapy...
HSD gives classified staff pay raise
San Benito High School senior Jasmine Ulloa was named the winner of the 2018 Congressional Art Competition, as announced by Congressman Jimmy Panetta on May 2. Catherine Nordstrom, another SBHS senior, took second place in the competition and Baler student Tyler Oelrich was among...
Students collect items for shelter
The annual San Benito High School AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) community service homeless gift bag drive “was a complete success,” according to teacher Charlene Hernandez, who said Baler students put together and donated 100 bags of items to My Father’s House shelter in...
Authorities to enforce daytime curfew during school year
City and county curfews that have required youths to be home before 10 p.m. during the school year are being extended to daytime hours starting Aug. 1 as part of a joint effort between the Hollister Police Department and the county sheriff.
Residents escape weekend heat; mild cooling expected
If you made it through last week and the humidity that hovered
Preader a teacher 1st, competitor 2nd
Mark Preader didn't get into mixed martial arts (MMA) for sheer competition—he started tae kwon do at age 14 because he was being bullied. After a couple of years practicing martial arts, the bullying subsided.
"I was picked on a lot," said Preader, who was...
Why California is planning to ban fracking
A little more than a week ago, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that not only would California effectively ban hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, by 2024, but the state also would work to phase out oil extraction entirely by 2045.
“As we move to swiftly decarbonize our...
Homeless Coalition names new executive director
The Board of the Coalition of Homeless Service Providers for Monterey and San Benito Counties (CHSP) announced that Genevieve Lucas-Conwell is the new incoming Executive Director of the Coalition.
Joining CHSP from the Bay Area, Lucas-Conwell has served alongside the unhoused population in both San...
