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Image caption: Former slave Scott Gilmore arrived in San Benito County in 1889, where he became part of the Gilmore Colony. BenitoLink.com explores the colony’s history in a three-part series.

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BenitoLink reporter Robert Eliason explores how former slaves from Arkansas came to form a colony in San Benito County.

Image caption: The schoolhouse was the biggest building in Allensworth, the town founded by Col. Allen Allensworth, which is now a state park.

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Sacramento-based news outlet talks to Jonathan Burgess and L. Dee Slade, both testifying before the Reparations Task Force.

Image caption: Northern pintails and many other species of waterfowl depend on marshland in the Klamath Basin during migration.

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Dying for Fresh Water

This year, an estimated 60,000 birds have been poisoned by botulism in one of the oldest waterfowl conservation reserves in the state.

Image caption: Matt Werner’s “Burning Man: The Musical” lampoons how moneyed visitors eschewed the festival’s original grassroots ethos.

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The Playa’s the Thing

Palo Alto Weekly interviews Matt Werner, whose play ‘Burning Man: The Musical’ is available on Broadway On Demand and Streaming Musicals.

Image caption: Blue benitoite crystals on white natrolite, mined in San Benito County.

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A Patch of Blue

BenitoLink.com explores the history of benitoite, California’s state gemstone, and offers tips for rockhounds in search of the ultra-rare crystal.

Image caption: PG&E now says it plans to place 10,000 miles of power lines underground.

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After Dixie Fire, PG&E Announces Plan to Put 10,000 Miles of Wire Underground

After admitting a power line may have started the Dixie Megafire in Butte County, PG&E now says it will place 10,000 miles of power lines underground.

Image caption: California law requires counties to make data on workplace COVID outbreaks public, but only 20 counties do.

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Counties Scoff at Workplace COVID Data Law

A new report reveals that only 20 counties have complied with a law requiring release of workplace COVID outbreak data.

Image caption: Laird defended the education budget process on the floor of the senate.

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Schools Finally Get Needed Funding

EdSource spoke with Sen. John Laird Monday regarding the “historic” education funding contained in the budget the legislature had just sent to Gov. Gavin Newsom.

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