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It’s a beautiful weekend for some old-time music
Lea este artículo en español aquí. Bluegrass aficionados have gathered this weekend at the San Benito County Historical Park for the 30th Annual Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival. Founded in 1994,...
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Eat Drink Savor: The Smoke Point brings standout brunch to SJB
Lea este articulo en español aquí. The Smoke Point BBQ’s Chef Jarad Gallagher has started opening his restaurant two hours earlier on weekends for brunch, a bold move when he is already expecting at...
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Little Free Pantry installed in Calaveras Park as Emerald Star project
Lea este articulo en español aquí. Visitors to Calaveras Park on Buena Vista Road have welcomed the addition of a new little free pantry, built as an Emerald Star project by 4-H member Jack...
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Students get ideas at YMCA Career Day
Lea este artículo en español aquí. The YMCA of San Benito County held its second annual Career Day at Santana Ranch School for about 150 children in elementary and middle school. Groups of children...
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Temporary closure of Union Road section to begin Aug. 15
Information provided by Caltrans. Lea este artículo en español aquí. Caltrans will be temporarily closing a short section of Union Road, between San Juan Hollister Road and State Route 156 (SR 156) in...
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Q&A with SJB City Manager Don Reynolds on the water and waste projects
Lea este artículo en español aquí. Don Reynolds has often shared the story of walking into his office on the first day of his new job as City Manager of San Juan Bautista on July 2, 2019. There, he...
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Bay Area conservation group backs San Benito land use measure
Lea este artículo en español aquí. Save Mount Diablo, a 53-year-old conservation group based in Walnut Creek, has thrown its support behind a San Benito County ballot initiative that would require a...
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National Union of Healthcare Workers approves contract Hazel Hawkins
Information provided by Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital. Lea este artículo en español aquí. Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital (HHMH) and the San Benito Health Care District (District) announces today...
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Downtown Hollister celebrates its 13th Annual National Night Out
National Night Out, an event about police and community partnerships, was held at the Veterans Memorial Building in Hollister on Aug. 6. “This is a way we put something out in the community,” said...
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Hollister High builds its 2024-2025 Varsity Football team
Lea este artículo en español aquí. Creating a high school football team is much like dumping a lot of jigsaw puzzle pieces on a table—some left over from the puzzle you solved last year and some you...
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County supervisors take steps to deal with homelessness in public areas
Lea este artículo en español aquí. The impact of the U. S. Supreme Court’s June 28 decision that people can be legally moved or face arrests and fines for sleeping in public areas is trickling down to...
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Q&A: Gavilan College Superintendent Dr. Pedro Avila
Lea este artículo en español aquí. Gavilan College’s Board of Trustees voted to reappoint Dr. Pedro Avila as superintendent July 9. BenitoLink sat down with him to talk about his previous terms and...
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Final list of candidates for the general election
The extended nomination deadline to file for candidacy for the Nov. 5 general election was Aug. 14. Below are the candidates for congressional, state and local races including Hollister and San Juan...
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Local measure letter designations for general election
Information provided by the San Benito County elections office. Lea este artículo en español aquí. Pursuant to Election Code Section 13116, and based on the filing date of the executed resolutions...
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Searching the Sky: Two eyes are better than one
This column was provided by San Benito resident and amateur astronomer David Baumgartner as part of a local series on astronomy. Lea este articulo en español aqui. So why would anyone even want to...
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County to press legal challenge of hospital ballot measure
Lea este artículo en español aquí. The San Benito County Board of Supervisors has confirmed that it’s pursuing a legal challenge to the Nov. 5 ballot measure on the lease-purchase of Hazel Hawkins...
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Hollister police to conduct checkpoint
Information provided by the Hollister Police Department. Lea este artículo en español aquí. Hollister Police Department will be conducting a DUI/Driver’s License Checkpoint on August 16th, 2024 at an...
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Mayra Bojorquez opens a photography wonderland in San Juan Bautista
Lea este artículo en español aquí. San Juan Bautista has become just a little more picturesque, thanks to the 15 selfie stations at Mayra Bojorquez’s new MB Photography Studio at the corner of Third...
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Youth girls soccer working for continued success
Lea este artículo en español aquí. With the soccer season kicking off Aug. 17, the Hollister Tremors’ Hurricanes girls soccer team looks to duplicate the results from last year—win multiple...
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Eat, Drink, Savor: A tour of the Marich Confectionery Factory
Lea este artículo en español aquí. The story of Hollister’s Marich Confectionery factory has all the elements of a great film filled with sadness and redemption. As a youth, in the Netherlands during...
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