Two home burglary suspects arrested
Local authorities this week arrested two Hollister men suspected of stealing property from four homes, according to the Hollister Police Department.
Ethan Bennett Running Across the USA
There was an article in the Dispatch sports section on June 5 by Josh Weaver about Ethan Bennett of Morgan Hill, who is running across the US (about 30 miles a day), to raise awareness and money for cancer research with all proceeds going to Lance Armstrong's LiveStrong organization.
Supervisors at odds over latest round of cuts
San Benito County supervisors Wednesday agreed to the concessions made by one employee bargaining unit while failing to approve the concessions from a second group.
Burrito Barney
It’s not what we feed the baby barn owl, it’s how. Volunteers at the Wildlife Education and Rehabilitation Center wrap the squirming, screaming little raptor in a towel “burrito-style”. This method keeps them safe from its sharp talons and allows one person to maintain control while feeding it pieces of rodents with forceps. It can sometimes be a messy process, and after feeding time is over, baby needs its face and beak washed up.
Board of Supervisors push county sales tax to November ballot
Voters will have one more tax to consider on the already packed November 2012 ballot.
Salinas men accept plea deals in 2010 robberies, death
Two Salinas men charged with robbing two Hollister stores and leading police on a chase that ended with the death of another suspected assailant have accepted plea deals with expected, respective prison terms of 15 and 20 years, according to court records.
