Community Spotlight: Tanner Guerra completes Air Force basic
Air Force Airman 1st Class Tanner M. Guerra graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, in San Antonio, Texas.
Parent tips: How to correctly secure children in cars
Children under age 8 must be properly buckled into a car seat or booster in the back seat.
Theater enthusiasts honored at annual event
The San Benito Stage Company held its annual Members Choice Awards Jan. 28, at the Granada Theatre, in Hollister. The annual event is a chance for members to vote on their favorite productions from the season. Directors, producers actors and those who help behind the scenes are all honored at the event with awards given out in more than 30 categories.
County buys a second one-man pothole machine
County supervisors this week approved the purchase of a second, one-man pothole machine designed to more effectively and more efficiently repair roads with less manpower.
Free discount card saves local consumers money
Coast2Coast Rx announced that residents of San Benito County saved more than $242,000 in 2011 on prescription drug costs by using the program's free prescription discount card - and a total of more than $422,000 since it was approved by the County Board of Supervisors in August 2009.
River parkway project running smoothly
San Benito County supervisors voted Tuesday to add the San Benito River Habitat Conservation project to the capital outlay fund as a new capital project, which will help the county move forward with a proposed river parkway along the San Benito River that will eventually stretch from San Juan Bautista to the San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos.
Flores retiring from county HHS post
The San Benito County supervisors this week offered direction to County Administrative Officer Rich Inman on how they would like to proceed with filling the county’s Health and Human Services Agency when current director Kathy Flores retires May 4 after 26 years on the job.
Red Phone: Union Road reflectors aren’t reflecting much
A resident called the Red Phone this week to complain about areas on Union Road between San Benito Street and Highway 156 where the reflectors don't seem to be working all that well. He noted that there had been some paving done to the roads and said some of the reflectors don't do much reflecting these days.
County weighs tax district for parks, library
The San Benito County supervisors gave direction to the county parks and recreation commissioners to begin hosting public meetings to look at options for a community services district that would fund future projects.
Breen: Student’s fight against cancer brought community together
Nearly five years after being diagnosed with cancer and two years after inspiring a community-wide fundraising effort that raised more than $22,000 in her honor, Hollister resident Diana Magana succumbed to the disease this week at age 17.













