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Pinnacles National Park will be hosting an Earth Day Habitat Restoration Event on April 20 from 9 a.m. to noon. There will also be a San Benito River clean-up April 20, also from 9 a.m. to noon, in honor of Earth Day.

The sexual battery and subsequent suicide of 15-year-old Audrie Pott, a Saratoga High School sophomore, hit home at Christopher High School in Gilroy Thursday morning when a 16-year-old juvenile was arrested on campus in connection with the alleged crime.

The father of the victim in a child sex-abuse case accepted a plea deal Thursday on a charge related to his February altercation with the molestation suspect outside the courthouse.

Doll/Teddy bear show: The Crossroads Doll and Teddy Bear Show will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds, 344 Tully Road in San Jose. The show will feature doll and Teddy bear experts, who will be available to identify those mysterious dolls or teddy bears living in your ‘wonder what they are worth’ closet. Also: Consignment booths, doll stringing and evaluations of repairs. Adults $7, children under 12 $4. Details: dolls4all.com.

The Gavilan College Board of Education is defending its controversial decision to shell out $20,000 to a 30-day interim president, despite some backlash from students, staff and community members.

ANNIVERSARY: Marianos celebrate 50 years: Mrs. Barbara A. Mariano (Barry) and Mr. Domi T. Mariano will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary April 15.

For more than 20 years while running her insurance business started in the late ’60s, Rita Bowling shared an office with then-Supervisor Frank Sabbatini

Applications are again available for the San Benito County civil grand jury, the watchdog group that is charged with keeping an eye on local government each year.

Community Solutions and Emmaus House hosted the “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” event for the first time in San Benito County on Saturday at 11 a.m., at Fourth and San Benito streets.

While Hollister planning commissioners Thursday are set to weigh whether to allocate 185 units for a proposed housing development along the Highway 25 bypass, city planners and top officials have another couple of months to complete a successor document to the recently expired “Growth Managerment Plan.”