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Bluegrass musicians will have one more day to jam and socialize at the 19th Annual Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival, which runs Aug. 9 through 12 at Bolado Park.

The preliminary examination for the former treasurer with the Hollister Heat softball organization is set for later this month, according to court records.

Hollister council members on Monday heard a presentation from the airport director to move the 3-year-old Hollister Airshow from Memorial Day weekend to a weekend around July 4, while the officials are set to consider a formal recommendation for the change.

A river parkway reaching from San Juan Bautista to the San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos is in the early planning stages, and residents Wednesday had a chance to give some input on where they want the trails to go along the corridor.

Mark Indictor, who was the lead designer for some of the software installed on the Mars Rover Curiosity that successfully landed on the red planet Sunday, will be visiting San Benito County this weekend. But it won’t be a science-related visit, as he will perform at the 19th Annual Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival.

While they have fought against a federal agency for years, advocates pushing for Clear Creek Management Area’s reopening might get a chance to sidestep their foe at the Bureau of Land Management through newly introduced legislation. And while the door is now cracked open for long-dormant motorized vehicle use – supporters hope sometime in 2013 – the bill also appears to target an expansion to Clear Creek’s current boundaries comprising 63,000 acres.

Developers of the proposed Cordoba Center Islamic mosque and cemetery in San Martin said they jumped over the “first hurdle” with the Santa Clara County planning commission’s approval of the use permit for the property where they plan to build a new religious institution.