Football: Local high school alumni fill Rams’ roster
A pair of returning Gavilan College football players sauntered into head coach Spencer Gilford's office Friday afternoon after a volunteer weightlifting session. Sweating profusely, the duo took an empty seat and stared straight ahead at some summer practice film.
Gavilan soccer suffers first loss
Gavilan men’s soccer team suffered its first loss of the young season, falling 5-0 to Modesto College Tuesday.
For Reckas, it’s survival of the fittest
Hollister product Alexandria Reckas survived the latest cuts for
County warns of flu despite lacking severity here
The San Benito County Public Health Department has issued a warning due to an increasing presence of the flu statewide, though the statement noted a lack of severe flu reports locally, according to an announcement.
JFK’s San Luis Dam speech inspires vision
Fifty years ago this month, President John F. Kennedy visited Pacheco Pass and gave a speech I wish every American politician today might take to heart. He gave it to a crowd of Californians who met on Saturday, Aug. 18, 1962 for the groundbreaking ceremony of the San Luis Dam site in the eastern hills of the Diablo Mountain Range. The words Kennedy spoke that hot, dusty, summer day are not well-remembered now, but I believe they offer wise advice on what good governing is all about.
Marty: Locals deserve landfill refund
San Benito County sold publicly owned landfill space for out-of-county waste disposal; that will free up about $5 million dollars in unneeded landfill closing-cost set-asides as part of the deal. A significant portion of those funds, perhaps half, were originally paid for by in-county residents and businesses as part of their mandatory trash bills. Fairness dictates that the portion residents paid be used to stabilize or reduce the current and future trash bills.
