Briefs: Gavilan trustee to be honored
Gavilan College Trustee Laura Perry will be honored for providing over 20 years of service as a trustee of California’s community colleges. She will be recognized at the 2013 Annual Trustees Conference in May 2013. Laura Perry was first elected to the Gavilan College Board of Trustees in 1992 from the community of Morgan Hill, and is now Gavilan's longest-serving trustee. Perry is an attorney, and an alumna of Gavilan College.
Hot Ticket March 22, 2013
Meet Leta Rae Pereira: Come meet Leta Rae Pereira, author of “The Message Maker,” from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday at BookSmart, 80 E. Second St., Morgan Hill. Free. Details: (408) 778-6467.
Sacred Heart rewards students for innovation
The following were award winners at last week's 2013 Sacred Heart Invention Convention:
Official says county roads maintained with just $400K
San Benito County public works employees maintain 386 miles of roadways on a budget of $400,000 a year.
Sharing the farm way with students
More than 900 third-grade students from around the county attended the annual San Benito County Farm Day at Bolado Park, from 8 a.m. to noon on Tuesday. The event is sponsored each year by the San Benito County Ag in the Classroom program through the Farm Bureau with help from more than 150 volunteers and presenters.
Daycare teacher from Hollister accused of child endangerment
A daycare employee from Hollister who attempted to drug several children under her care was arrested on suspicion of child endangerment, police said.
Christmas in March? City finally removes tree fixture
Valentine’s Day already passed, and Easter is around the corner. Yet, the Tree of Life light fixture – one of downtown Hollister’s mainstays during the Christmas holiday season – remained standing this week and glowing throughout the nights outside the Veterans Memorial Building.
Updated: Prosecutor calls justice ‘a process’ after 6-year sentence
Jorge Diaz, the homeless man accused in the March 2011 homicide of 72-year-old Francisco Rojas at a Hollister cemetery, was sentenced to six years in prison and, with credits, is scheduled to serve about 28 months.
