Islamic center back in spotlight
The South Valley Islamic Community is preparing to make a crucial push for their long-awaited Cordoba Center project in San Martin to county planners, and is expecting a vocal crowd of local residents to show up to a series of upcoming community meetings.
Police catch suspect after vehicle chase
Hollister police Sunday arrested a 23-year-old driver after a vehicle pursuit.
Owlivia is WERC’s newest animal ambassador
Last year, the Wildlife Education and Rehabilitation Center's Oscar, the screech owl who had been a popular educational animal at WERC since 1996, passed away on Easter Sunday. Several months later, WERC put out a notice to other wildlife rehabilitation centers that it was interested in acquiring another screech owl to join its educational animal ambassadors - non-releasable birds, mammals and reptiles that visit schools and public events to teach children and adults about our local native wildlife and habitats.
