SEIU, administration trade barbs over union flier
Members of the Service Employees International Union Local 521 distributed fliers over the weekend that suggested San Benito County might be headed in the same direction as San Bernardino, which recently gained national infamy after filing bankruptcy.
Seniors, EDC take first hits from budget hearings
The San Benito County Board of Supervisors began the budget hearings Monday by making their first cut of the hearings to the community-based organizations and the Economic Development Corporation.
Hollister shows off talent at competition
Five young competitors in the Hollister's Got Talent 2012 contest took home accolades July 14.
Councilman Emerson’s paid trip to China spurs questions
Councilman Doug Emerson in July 2011 accepted $4,650 for a trip to China – and apparently exceeded the state’s gift limit for elected officials – from a private solar company that requested he speak at a seminar to help recruit investors for California projects.
Fatal shooting at Sobrato complex
A 21-year-old Gilroy male was fatally shot by an unknown suspect Sunday night at Sobrato Transitional Apartments on Monterey Road, near Pinocchio’s Pizza No. 1.
Comfortable weather in store for Garlic Festival
Gilroy Garlic Festival-goers have one more thing to be happy about besides Pepper Steak Sandwiches, garlic-scented bubbles or a 250-foot-long zip line: Afternoon temperatures this weekend should be about 10 degrees cooler than seasonal averages, according to forecaster Bob Benjamin with the National Weather Service in Monterey.
Officers arrest two for possession of narcotics, firearms
The Unified Narcotic Enforcement Team, the San Benito Sheriff’s Office, the California Highway Patrol and the Gilroy Police Department Anti-Crime team served two narcotic search warrants at the 1200 block of Stone Alley and the 800 block of Fourth Street in Hollister July 19 at 7:15 a.m.
DA presses charges against landscape scammer
Nearly one month after the District Attorney launched an investigation the man that roams around South County, charming seniors into giving him money for jobs he never completes, the ialleged “landscape scammer” was arrested July 21 in Gilroy for 13 counts of petty theft and eight counts of misdemeanor elder fraud.
