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Just in case you forgot about the impending changes to car seat safety laws going into effect this new year, all children under the age of 8 must be properly buckled into a car seat or booster seat in the back seat of a vehicle effective Jan. 1. This also applies to children who are older than 8, but are not tall enough for the seat belt to fit properly.

San Benito is one of two counties in California listed as noncompliant with a state mandate to submit salary records for public perusal – and could face $5,000 in fines if it doesn't turn in the data in coming weeks. Two special districts in the county – the San Benito Resource Conservation District and the Tres Pinos Water District – also failed to file the documents.

A big-rig struck a man laying in the right northbound lane of U.S 101 north of Buena Vista Avenue early this morning.

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When it comes to spending staff hours and taxpayer dollars planning for California’s pricey and contentious high-speed rail project, City of Gilroy officials say they’re nearing the end of the line.

After brazenly swiping two coin-operated gumball machines from Gilroy businesses Friday afternoon, five Hollister teens rolling around town in a conspicuous black Hummer found themselves in a sticky situation: police custody.