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“Walk a Mile in Her Shoes—The International Men’s March” to stop rape, sexual assault, and gender violence is designed as a men’s march against violence, according to a statement from Community Solutions, which is organizing the local event.

VFW Post 9242 and the Ladies Auxiliary are presenting their annual Easter Egg Hunt at 1 p.m. March 26 at Veterans Memorial Park.

Hollister District 2 Councilwoman Mickie Solorio Luna invites community members to an Open House at the Hollister Community Center on March 22 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. to learn updates about what’s happing in west Hollister.

At San Benito High School, the halls will be alive with the sounds of music from a new band teacher next school year.

It isn’t often that I learn of a state park in the Bay Area that I have never heard of before. Hidden in the foothills of the San Mateo Coast, Burleigh Murray Ranch State Park waits humbly and quietly for someone to notice.

The nervousness was palpable. Jittery seventh and eighth graders waited their turns to go up to the microphone in the annual San Benito County Junior High Spelling Bee Competition on March 2 at Ladd Lane Elementary School. When it was all done, Delilah De La Cerda came out on top.

Southside School District trustees voted unanimously in favor of appointing a candidate to a vacant spot on their board and seeking a special election if no one came forward, according to a district administrator.

Consumers of Aetna Health Insurance in San Benito County haven’t been able to use those plans at Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital since the start of the year due to a contract dispute.

Developers will have to pay more toward upkeep of roads starting in a couple of months.

San Benito High School District’s board meetings became transparent on a new level this month, when the San Benito High School Teachers’ Association posted a recording of the most recent one online last week.