UNET raids illegal cannabis grow
Members of the Unified Narcotic Enforcement Team (UNET) conducted a drug bust last Friday at an illegal cannabis cultivation operation on property owned by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
On September 15, members of UNET, California Department of Fish and Wildlife and BLM followed...
Sheriff looks for missing Manuel Bradish
The San Benito County Sheriff’s Office Search and rescue (SAR) Team is looking for missing person Manuel Bradish, 37 years old.
Bradish was last seen Wednesday, September 13, 2017 at McAlpine Park at 900 Anzar Road in San Juan Bautista. His vehicle, cell phone and...
Garlic Festival winning recipe
Home chefs can bring home the flavor of the Gilroy Garlic Festival by preparing the winning dish from the 2017 Great Garlic Cook-Off, one of the nation’s most prestigious amateur cooking contests.
This year’s winner, Naylet LaRochelle, traveled from Miami, Florida to dazzle the panel...
West Hills Treatment Plant comes online
The new West Hills Water Treatment Plant is now operational and bringing higher-quality, better-tasting water to the west and central areas of Hollister.
A grand opening event is planned to celebrate on Saturday, November 4 at 10 a.m.
The treatment plant began operations on September 12,...
Mismatched pairs
From the opening languorous procession of Broadway showgirls in stupendous headdresses and a boatload of sequins and rhinestones, through the finale and final bows of the cast, be prepared to be dazzled by South Valley Civic Theatre’s production of Stephen Sondheim’s Follies.
Director Megan Griffin...
County moves to stop solar farm
County officials have ordered work to stop at the solar farm at Panoche Valley after negotiations broke down with operator ConEdison Development.
“They’re also submitting for a project down in San Bernardino,” Board Chairman Jaime De La Cruz said by phone last week. “We’re sending...
Levee repairs left in limbo
County residents affected by winter flooding spoke during Tuesday’s San Benito County Board of Supervisors meeting as officials discussed how to pay to fix a broken levee system.
Unrelenting rainfall last winter overwhelmed a Pacheco Creek levee system, flooding country roads and creating havoc for...
A war of remembrance
Smoke from cannon fire fills the air as soldiers in frayed blue uniforms scatter for cover.
Stationed on either side of the park stand rows of white linen tents. And bustling to and fro, women and children, dressed in 19th century garb rush to prepare...
Music to our ears
The sweet sounds of youth taking part in something positive filled an upstairs room of the Veterans Memorial Building Saturday morning.
Twenty students from the program, “Guitars Not Guns,” were strumming along to “La Bamba” with the instructors who had taught them for the...
