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Several hundred elementary and middle school children in need in San Benito County will get new winter coats and shoes this year, thanks to the work of two nonprofits.

The Hollister School District is holding a public auction to free up its limited storage space, according to an announcement on the group’s website.

It was day two. Deep in the wilderness of Sequoia National Park, we stood with a ranger on the small entry porch of her backcountry cabin looking down at a map discussing alternatives to our original itinerary.

Make no mistake: Bonnie and Dick Swank are farmers, first and foremost. The married couple of 13 years own Swank Farms, a 60-acre ranch located off of Churchill Road. But every October the Swanks run the hugely popular corn maze on a property they rent off of San Felipe Road.

San Benito High School trustees have tabled prioritizing a list of facilities projects set to be funded with bond money after asking staff officials for a bigger picture view of non-bond projects.

Rising construction costs have spurred a change of plans for the Community Food Bank of San Benito County in its effort to develop a new headquarters.

The Aromas-San Juan Unified School District’s top revenue source comes from average daily attendance but student enrollment has been declining, which means the district has been getting less money in recent years.

The county board chairwoman opted to make two controversial appointments herself—for a marijuana cultivation ad hoc committee—instead of allowing the board to vote on them.

San Benito County supervisors Tuesday unanimously approved a location on Rosa Morada Road as the preferred site for a Fire Station No. 3 to serve the northern part of the county.

Hollister council members Monday approved new fire-service agreements for San Juan Bautista and unincorporated San Benito County. On Tuesday morning, county supervisors OK'd their side of the deal.