Student creates sensory path at local school for Eagle Scout project
Ever since Hollister High School senior Jake Varnes finished his time as a student at Cerra Vista Elementary School, he wanted to find some way to give back to the school. He found a path toward doing just that with his Eagle Scout project.
Varnes...
Local Scene: Hollister Police to conduct DUI checkpoint Dec. 15
DUI checkpoint is Dec. 15
Hollister Police will conduct a DUI and driver’s license checkpoint the night of Dec. 15 at an intersection within the city limits.
The checkpoint will start at 6pm Dec. 15 and end at 2am Dec. 16, says a press release from...
Volunteer family makes big difference at Calaveras/AAA
The Little Family is at it again. On Dec. 1, the formidable team brought more family members as well as cured and varnished redwood, hardware, power tools and the know-how to remake the rest of the Calaveras primary quad benches. And what a big...
Gavilan College awarded $1.5M to create juvenile justice program
Gavilan College was awarded $1.5 million to create a program to serve students in juvenile detention.
The funds, awarded by the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office, will create the “Gavilan College Higher Aspirations Juvenile Justice Program” over the next five years, a part of the...
County schools celebrate Red Ribbon Week
The San Benito County Office of Education partnered with San Benito County Behavioral Health, San Benito County Public Health, Youth Recovery Connections, motivational speaker Tony Hoffman and Sean Haggett from WonderWoofs during Red Ribbon Week, which took place Oct. 23-27.
Red Ribbon Week is held...
Delta Kappa Gamma holds annual conference
Delta Kappa Gamma, an international society of professional women educators, held its Area V Fall conference in early November. The conference in Seaside included Delta Kappa Gamma members from counties and cities throughout the Central Coast.
Delta Kappa Gamma is “a philanthropic force on the...
Construction proceeds at Gavilan College’s Hollister site
Construction is under way at the Fairview Road site of Gavilan College’s new San Benito County campus.
Delivering on current and future needs of its new students, the new campus project marks a “homecoming” for Gavilan College, which was founded in Hollister in 1919, says...
High schoolers mentor Ladd Lane students on attendance
As part of a series of assemblies in the Hollister School District, Hollister High School students visited Ladd Lane Elementary School on Oct. 13 for an interactive presentation to tout the importance of positive attendance.
It is part of the “You Miss School, You Miss...
Ladd Lane students showered with colors for fundraiser
Ladd Lane Elementary School students showed true colors—from heads to toes—as part of another successful Walk-A-Thon fundraiser and Color Run.
On Friday, Oct. 6, Ladd Lane held the walk and coinciding run, with proceeds from the school’s biggest fundraiser of the year going toward the...
Hollister High ag/FFA program ranked 11th in state
Hollister High School’s agriculture and FFA program has earned a ranking of No. 11 out of more than 380 ag programs in the state of California, improving its ranking from No. 15 last year, according to a press release from the San Benito High...
