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State finds no criminal wrongdoing by jail staff in May escape case
Lea este artículo en español aquí.The California Department of Justice found no criminal wrongdoing by San Benito County Jail staff in the case of an inmate who escaped on May 28, according to San...
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San Benito supervisors delay changes to Planning Commission’s authority
Lea este artículo en español aquí.At its last meeting of the year, the San Benito County Board of Supervisors unanimously agreed to postpone voting on amendments to the rules governing the county...
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Choreographer Janet Johns brings her energy to “La Virgen de Tepeyac”
Lea este artículo en español aquí.El Teatro Campesino’s “La Virgen de Tepeyac,” currently in production in San Juan Bautista, movingly portrays the melding of 16th-century Mexican culture with that of...
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Police arrest adult male for felony elder abuse
Information provided by Hollister Police Department. Lea este artículo en español aquí.On December 10, 2024, the Hollister Police Department received a report concerning an 83-year-old woman who had...
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The Brass Tap brings new energy—and customers—to Airline Highway
Lea este artículo en español aquí.Had things gone according to the original plan, a Denny’s restaurant would have dominated the corner of Airline Highway and Sunnyslope Road. After Nader Javid spent...
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Power out in many parts of the county
Lea este artículo en español aquí.According to PG&E, 18 power outages occurred in the county Saturday, Dec. 14, affecting 4,448 customers. Businesses in several sections of Hollister were closed...
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Eat, Drink, Savor: McCann’s is a more casual and relaxed 36º North
Lea este artículo en español aquí.There is a certain cachet to having a dish at a restaurant named after you. And nobody deserves it more than San Juan Oaks General Manager Manny Freitas for insisting...
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Sheriff’s office visits encampments in riverbed
Lea este artículo en español aquí.Homeless residents have built elaborate living arrangements along the San Benito River, and some of them include underground dwellings and walled communities,...
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Measure A clashes with federal ‘Opportunity Zones’
Lea este artículo en español aquí.In 2017, President Donald Trump created a program called Opportunity Zones to spur economic growth in low-income communities—two of these are located in San Benito...
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Caltrans identifies bottleneck areas on Hwy 156
Lea este artículo en español aquí.At a meeting this week, Caltrans announced that it has identified two sources of congestion on Hwy 156, east of San Juan Bautista, and has decided that solving it will...
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The Scarlet Regiment is the most prominent piece of the Balers’ extensive...
Lea este artículo en español aquí.Hollister High School’s marching band, the Scarlet Regiment, is perhaps the most visible manifestation of the Balers’ music program, having performed at six home...
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Remembering and honoring veterans during the holidays
Lea este artículo en español aquí.More than 100 community members on Dec. 14 participated in National Wreaths Across America Day, with ceremonies at the Calvary and Odd Fellows cemeteries in Hollister....
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‘Patents for Humanity’ award winner builds engines at at Hollister Airport
Lea este artículo en español aquí.The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced on Dec. 4 the recipients of the 2024 Trademarks for Humanity and Patents for Humanity awards. These two competitions...
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Rep. Panetta reintroduces legislation to protect immigrant survivors and...
Information provided by Office of Rep. Jimmy Panetta. Lea este artículo en español aquí.United States Representative Jimmy Panetta authored and reintroduced legislation, the Immigrant Witness and...
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New Hollister City Council gets to business in first meeting
Lea este artículo en español aquí.On Dec. 17, the newly sworn-in Hollister City Council made committee appointments, and also approved travel expenses, for four of the five council members to attend...
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Leslie Jordan appointed mayor of San Juan Bautista
Lea este artículo en español aquí.After deciding not to run again, John Freeman ended his eight years on the San Juan Bautista City Council as it underwent a change of guard. At the Dec. 17 meeting,...
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Magazine report on Insight Health raises questions about its practices
Lea este artículo en español aquí.The San Benito Health Care District monthly meeting is scheduled for Dec. 19 at 5 p.m. A damning investigation by The American Prospect magazine into Insight Health...
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Egg shortage affecting most of Northern California
Lea este artículo en español aquí.The bird flu outbreak, which led Gov. Gavin Newsom to declare a state of emergency on Dec. 18, has given way to a significant egg shortage affecting most of...
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The teachers’ garden
Susanne Pribyl studied biology at San Jose State University. She worked for nearly 40 years between Gilroy and Christopher High Schools, teaching chemistry, biology, physics, anatomy, physiology and...
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Congress OKs $15 million for San Benito County water projects
Lea este artículo en español aquí.Rep. Zoe Lofgren has secured seven provisions relating to local water issues, which could bring as much as $15 million to San Benito County to pay for the San Juan...
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