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On Saturday, a group of residents connected to the Hollister Community Watch Facebook page held their first community clean-up event, according to a statement from the Hollister Police Department.

Graniterock hosted its fourth annual Algebra Academy from August 12-17 and announced a new website, algebraacademy.net.

Mary Alameda has been spending most of her summer mornings and afternoons hanging out with a pig. The Hollister teen, who started her senior year at San Benito High School this fall, was selected to raise the Heritage Hog this year.

While a potential general sales tax measure could bring in more than $5 million to the county annually if approved by local voters, San Benito County supervisors opted to take the discussion to an upcoming intergovernmental meeting to seek input from officials in Hollister and San Juan Bautista before deciding how to proceed.

ENGAGEMENTS: Sanidad/Gallardo: Cristina Elise Sanidad and Emmanuel Gallardo are engaged to be married.

The rustic elegance of trains presents the unique opportunity to travel for days through changing scenic landscapes, indulge in conversation with fellow passengers and soak in certain pastoral views that only railroads are privy to.

An ongoing battle waging between the City of Gilroy and an “Internet cafe” the state Attorney General has called an “illegal gambling operation” took another turn shortly before 4 p.m. Aug. 22 at 1325 First St. in Hecker Pass Plaza.

The San Martin Animal Shelter has about 125 kittens available for adoption. Three-month-old kittens, clockwise from top, Princess, Striper-Boy, Bentley and Willy are sweet and playful and looking for a forever home. Interested? Call (408) 686-3900.

HOLLISTER – San Benito High School administrators will hold a red code drill Aug. 29 at 11:15 a.m. The drill allows the school to practice emergency procedures. It is preceded by a loud siren that may be heard in surrounding neighborhoods.

Informational meeting for SBHS students on international travel