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County supervisors Tuesday night took the most important step yet toward developing a Resource Recovery Park next to the landfill.

Hollister School District trustees Tuesday agreed to forgo placing a facilities bond on the June ballot with the intention of moving ahead for a November measure.

Hollister School District trustees Tuesday evening are set to discuss a proposed $39 million facilities bond and whether to place it on the June primary ballot.

For twenty-five years, Kichigoro Tanimura called San Juan Bautista home. Arriving in 1897, Mr. Tanimura (pronounced tah-nee-moo-rah) was an Issei, a first generation Japanese immigrant to the United States, who hoped the experience would improve his family’s dire circumstances. For the past several years, Fran Schwamm, Mr. Tanimura’s paternal granddaughter, has painstakingly researched and documented her grandfather’s life in an effort to cement his place in history. Among the first Japanese immigrants to San Benito County, Mr. Tanimura belonged to a community that shaped our county in a myriad of ways. In 1922, Mr. Tanimura returned to Japan, taking with him riches, both material and personal, as well as experiences and memories that defined his later years. As San Benito County left its imprint upon Kichigoro Tanimura, so too, did he leave an indelible mark on our county’s historical tapestry.

Princess is a 5-year-old lilac point Siamese mix. Possibly being blind in one eye, she is special needs and would be best in a home with no young children. She is very sweet and loves to be pet and get attention. She is sponsored, so she has no adoption fee. She has been at the San Martin Animal Shelter since December. Interested? Call (408) 686-3900.

Read a roundup of police blotter items from the Hollister Police Department.

GILROY — For three quarters in last Friday's game, the Christopher High boys' basketball team put itself in a position to pull off the upset over San Benito.

Supervisors in recent weeks voted 3-2 to impose their “last, best and final offer” on government union workers after months of tense negotiations and false starts.

Isabella Fernandez is a Central Coast Section wrestling champion in a weight she never thought she would be competing in.

Authorities have released the identity of the Hollister woman killed in Saturday’s accident in the city.