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Love is in the air at Pinnacles National Park and around San Benito County as a variety of raptors, birds of prey, begin their nesting season. Raptors are a common and beautiful sight at Pinnacles during the nesting season, which typically runs from January to August. As specialized hunters, raptors have powerful beaks and talons for tearing apart prey, and exceptional eyesight for locating food from great distances. Most raptors can see even small prey animals clearly from almost 2 miles away, thanks to their telescopic vision.

Hollister School District trustees heard a brief report last week on the status of a state-subsidized preschool program, which has suffered from declining enrollment and deficits.

Southside School District Board President Scott Gilbert will resign at a board meeting this week, according to the agenda.

Hollister schools Trustee Peter Hernandez made a motion at the latest board meeting that didn’t receive a second in favor of a resolution urging the state legislature to place a two-year moratorium on implementing a bill to eliminate “personal belief exemptions” for vaccinations.

After a total expense of more than $287,000 from the Landfill-Solid Waste Fund and months of serious, but ultimately unnecessary, angst among the neighbors, San Benito County’s much ballyhooed Resource Recovery Park exists in name only.

Jim Ostdick has already completed a cross-country bicycle ride and hiked the rugged Pacific Crest Trail. On Feb. 21, the 64-year-old San Juan Bautista resident embarked on his latest adventure, a 4,000-mile walk starting in Delaware and ending at Point Reyes. Give or take 10 days—after all, weather plays a factor—Ostdick expects to complete his trip on Oct. 21.

San Benito High School graduate Arick Romo’s life took a spin for the better when a former classmate entered his name into consideration for the high school’s beneficiary campaign this year.