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The Aromas-San Juan Unified School District lost its business manager to a higher-paying position and currently has an interim employee in the job, though officials hope to have a replacement ready for trustee approval by the board meeting in early October, according to a district employee.

San Benito County is set to have one of the strictest anti-marijuana laws in the state after the board's 3-2 approval Tuesday supporting a ban against all outdoor medical pot grows in unincorporated areas.

The governor has signed legislation to forgive San Benito County of millions of dollars in tax debt, according to a county official.

After previously deciding on a Southside Road location, the county board is revisiting the chosen site for a future, permanent homeless shelter.

San Benito County's transit agency has signed on to revive the defunct Mobility Partnership, which previously involved a coalition of the region's counties examining expansion of Highway 152 and Highway 25 at the Santa Clara County border, according to local officials.

Supervisor Margie Barrios pointed to recent cases involving illegal marijuana-growing operations here in making the case to outlaw any local cultivation of legal pot, too.

A leak to a service line connected to a water main downtown caused needed repairs and a closed-off main street Monday.

San Benito High School trustees authorized the district superintendent to sign a contract for a homecoming fireworks display following a brief discussion about the hazards of holding such an event during a drought year.

Tres Pinos schoolchildren are taking a stand against the effects of widespread fires one teddy bear, frog and unicorn at a time.