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Hobby Lobby celebrated their grand opening and ribbon cutting celebration event with friends, family, staff and Christine Giusiana, president/CEO of the Morgan Hill Chamber of Commerce, Chamber staff and ambassadors, as well as Steve Canet, Morgan Hill store manager. This family-owned hobby and crafts specialty business offers something for everyone with 65,000 crafting and home décor products, including floral, fabric, framing, needlework, arts, etc. Hobby Lobby is located 990 Cochrane Plaza in Morgan Hill. Details: www.hobbylobby.com.

Authorities have arrested a man in connection with the death of the woman whose body was discovered near Aromas last week and released the identity of the victim, according to a statement from the Monterey Police Department.

An Aromas group wants San Benito County to tighten controls on oil and gas drilling and is seeking a six-month moratorium on new wells in the meantime.

San Benito County roads will be more crowded by 2035 – and not just because of population growth.

While the San Benito County Fair is open to the public for three days the last weekend in September, it starts a lot earlier for some local residents. For a handful of students involved in Cienega 4-H, it started back in December when they purchased calves they raised into steers that they will show in two weeks.

Karminder Brown's family is not poor, but she said they might be if they had to purchase all the books and resources her children use at the San Benito County Free Library each week.

The Gilroy woman who is charged with two counts of murder for allegedly driving drunk and causing a Jan. 14 car crash that killed her husband and daughter has said she is mentally incompetent for trial. 

After receive two reports in two days of a suspicious male in the area of Calaveras School, police officers have determined that it was a misunderstanding – the man reported as suspicious was there to check on his son who attends the school