California tax deadline extended
The Franchise Tax Board announced March 18 an updated special tax relief for all California taxpayers due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
FTB is postponing until July 15 the filing and payment deadlines for all individuals and business entities for:
• 2019 tax returns
• 2019 tax return...
Yoon Ji’s killers convicted
Hollister resident Yoon “Clara” Ji’s husband and his alleged mistress have been convicted in relation to the woman’s 2017 death, according to authorities.
Hollister council member Richman dies
Hollister City Council member Marty Richman died March 19,
family and friends reported on social media.
Richman had been hospitalized since March 9 after suffering “two
adverse health incidents,” city officials said.
Richman served more than 22 years in the U.S. Air Force and
Army. He retired as a...
County offers COVID info for residents, businesses
San Benito County health and public safety authorities are urging residents to follow local agencies’ social media accounts and sign up for news alerts to stay updated on the coronavirus crisis.
Police investigating assault of juvenile
Hollister Police are seeking information related to the March 11 assault of a juvenile near Vista Hill Park.
Second Gilroy resident dies of COVID-19
The latest death from COVID-19 in Santa Clara County is a 60-year-old man from Gilroy, the Gilroy Dispatch has learned. The report marks the second Gilroy resident whose death was attributed to COVID-19.
The County of Santa Clara Public Health Department announced the new death...
Coronavirus claims life of San Benito County man, residents ordered to ‘shelter in residence’
Less than three hours after public health officials stunned San Benito county residents March 17 with an order to “shelter at their place of residence” for 20 days to slow the spread of the coronavirus, came another revelation: The virus had taken the life...
San Benito County to join ‘shelter at home’ counties
San Benito County's Department of Public Health is expected to announce this afternoon a countywide "shelter at home" order.
The order will extend the countywide school closures and affect most businesses and government functions.
A 2pm press conference was scheduled to announce the details of the...
Bay Area counties tell citizens to ‘stay at home’ because of COVID-19
In what they called “a bold, unified step to slow the spread of COVID-19,” public health officials of six Bay Area counties on Monday ordered nearly all citizens to “ shelter at home” for three weeks.
The legal order, effective at 12:01am on Tuesday, March...
The pandemic, by the numbers
As of March 16
Worldwide, 169,387
cases, 77,257 recovered, 6,513
deaths
(8th highest) US, 3,774, cases, 12 recovered, 69 deaths
California, 431 cases,
6 recovered, 6 deaths
New York, 746 cases, 0 recovered, 6 deaths
Washington state, 769 cases, 1 recovered, 42 deaths
As of March 9
Worldwide, 108,000 cases, 3,800 deaths
US, 423 cases,...