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Northern Barrier, Safety Improvements Proposed for Highway 25
The Mobility Partnership aims to address traffic issues in Southern Santa Clara County and Northern San Benito County, focusing on Highway 25 improvements following a safety investigation. Propose...
San Benito Agricultural Land Trust
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Learn what's getting into Californians’ lungs and why it matters.
How the California mental health crisis emerged out of the state’s history of deinstitutionalization and laws designed to protect the mentally ill, as well as the communities around them.
Almost one million California residents are forced to drink from contaminated water supplies, or pay for bottled water. Economic inequality makes the crisis worse. What is the state doing to fix it?
Life expectancy in California exceeds all but three other states, but how long you live depends on which county you live in. They're not all equal. Why? The answer may lie in political policies.
Feeling stressed? Confused? Or just a little blue? Help is just a phone call away for residents of San Benito County.
California has historically been ahead of the rest of the country in expanding the legal right to abortion services. Here’s what state laws say today, and how we got here.
The pesky mosquito can be deadly as well as annoying. Here’s how local governments in California have been waging war on mosquitoes for more than a century.
California will soon add a new emergency hotline service with the number 988. Here’s the story behind that new service, and the original 911 number.
Since long before the COVID-19 pandemic, states have possessed broad authority to protect public health, even to suspend laws and commandeer private property. Here’s why, and how it works.
From CalMatters...
From Benito Link...
To mark the spring season and promote healthy activities, Healthy Kids Day was celebrated on April 26 at the YMCA of San Benito County on Tres Pinos Road. According to Executive Director Crystal Canchola, the event drew more than 20 vendors and included several activities.
The County of Santa Clara Office of the Medical Examiner confirmed the first overdose death in Santa Clara County due to carfentanil last week. The deceased was a 39-year-old male who was found dead with M30 pills, counterfeit pills made to look like prescription oxycodone.
From California Healthline...
Little metal stands, reminiscent of newspaper boxes or Little Free Libraries, have been stationed across San Benito County. There’s one just outside the San Juan Library, one inside the Community Food Bank, and a few carefully placed around downtown Hollister. Instead of books or newspapers, they’re filled with naloxone— medication that can reverse an overdose and save a life—as well as fentanyl test kits.
From Monterey Herald...
After more than a year of opposing a lease agreement with the Insight Healthcare Group in its push to keep Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital under local, public control, the San Benito County Board of Supervisors has walked away from its plans for the county’s only hospital.
From The Sacramento Bee...
From SanBenitocom...
San Benito County authorities warned that a dead skunk found recently in Aromas was infected with the rabies virus and anyone who thinks they have been in contact with a rabid animal should take precautions.
The San Benito Health Care District board of directors on April 8 voted not to pursue an appeal in Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital’s Chapter 9 Bankruptcy case. Instead, the board will continue to focus on finalizing a deal with Insight Health, district officials said in a statement.
From EdSource...
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