Video: Celebration of Pinnacles as a national park
Visitors came out in droves to celebrate Pinnacles upgrade from a national monument to a park on Feb. 11. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar visited the park from Washington, D.C. to speak on the momentous occasion. Hear from Mark Paxton, the interim executive director of the Pinnacles Partnership, and Timothy Babalis, a National Park Service, historian.
Meeting Preview: Supervisors to weigh new fee schedule
The San Benito County Board of Supervisors is scheduled to meet at 9 a.m. Tuesday. Among the items on the agenda, supervisors will weigh adjustments to the clerk's office fee schedule in an effort to increase revenue in tough financial times.
Shelter offering cats for $10 this month
The Hollister Animal Shelter is selling cats for $10 the rest of this month, as it has a group of “really nice” adult felines in need of adoption, according to the shelter manager.
Local plays make for an odd pair
Two local theater groups both have shows opening Friday night. The Fifth Wall Theater Project will open an original play based on the “Alice in Wonderland” story while San Benito Stage Company will become the first amateur theater group to present “Spamalot” on the Central Coast.
Herring gull rescued from blood-sucking leeches
The first person who called the Wildlife Education and Rehabilitation Center last month to report an injured juvenile herring gull in Gilroy thought the bird had been shot in the face with a pellet gun. A short while later, another call was received about the same gull from a person who believed it to have been hit head-first by a vehicle.
