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El Teatro Campesino Stages Luis Valdez’s “Adios Mama Carlota”
A new production of Luis Valdez’s “Adios Mama Carlota” opens May 10 at San Juan Bautista’s El Teatro Campesino playhouse. The play depicts Mexican Emperor Maximilian I’s short reign and dramatic fall as seen through the troubled mind of his wife, Empress Carlota.
Hwy 156 Overnight Traffic Control Begins May 11
Overnight construction continues on the Highway 156 Corridor Improvement Project. CalTrans will reduce Highway 156 to one lane between Fourth Street and Highway 156 beginning Sunday, May 11 through Wednesday, May 14, between 7 p.m. and 5 a.m.
From CapPublicRadio...
In Conversation: State Fire Marshal Daniel Berlant
A conversation with State Fire Marshal Daniel Berlant about the new fire hazard maps and how local communities are preparing for widfires.
From The Sacramento Bee...
How's the Water? Cold. Really Cold.
As the warm weather season begins, a warning to beware of jumping into lakes, rivers and streams.
First Annual Special Friends Mother’s Day Fashion Show Held at Paine’s
A benefit for the New Beginnings Thrift and Resale store, the first annual Special Friends Mother’s Day Fashion Show was held on May 6 at Paine’s Restaurant in Hollister.
San Juan Bautista City Planners OK Gas Station Right-Hand Turn Lane
A gas station planned for the corner of The Alameda and eastbound Hwy 156, which has been in the works for more than a decade, is moving closer to the start of construction with approval of plans to create a 450-foot right turn lane with a 120-foot taper.
From The Mercury News...
Yosemite National Park Welcomes Spring
An update on the reopening of Yosemite Park facilities and roads as the snow is cleared and spring takes hold.
From CalMatters...
Santa Cruz Goes Ahead With Soda Tax in Defiance of State Law
Last week the Northern California beach town of Santa Cruz enacted a tax on sodas, ice teas and other beverages with added sugar. Voters approved the 2-cent-per-ounce tax in November, despite the beverage industry pouring at least $1.2 million in opposition.
San Benito County Education Celebrates Employees of the Year
The San Benito County Office of Education held its annual Certificated and Classified Employee of the Year Celebration on April 24. Each year, schools in San Benito County are invited to select one Certificated and one Classified employee who has had a significant impact on students to be honored at the event.
Knockro Issues Allergy Alert on Undeclared Almonds in Bonya Yogurt Parfaits
Fresh & Ready Foods Voluntarily Recalls Ready-to-Eat Sandwiches and Snack Items Sold in Arizona, California, Nevada and Washington Due to Possible Listeria monocytogenes Contamination
Advantage Health Matters Inc Recalls "Organic Jumbo Pumpkin Seeds" Because of Possible Health Risk
California is still preparing for fire season as more communities become Firewise.
All across California, people are working together to protect their neighborhoods, communities and each other.
With spring sprung and the last rains fading into memory, it's Bike Month! And (coincidentally) : public transportation construction projects begin in earnest.
We welcome the warm season with stories of community foundations doing good work ... and more!
California prepares for fire season and California Local forks The Newsletter.
Elon Musk and his cadre of tech leaders might have us believe that embracing cyberculture means abandoning our planet—and humanity. But the giants upon whose shoulders they stand had a much better idea.
In advance of Earth Day, we consider radical changes to the California Environmental Quality Act, and the surprising history of the Coastal Commission.
The California Environmental Quality Act, CEQA, is the state’s signature environmental legislation, and is also often named as the villain in the state’s housing shortage. But the story may not be that simple.
In which we focus on California public education.
Measuring performance of the California public school system is a complicated business. We explain.
Michael Lewis's new book celebrates the heroes of the federal bureaucracy currently under attack.
‘Who is Government?’ An army of selfless individuals working on problems the private sector doesn’t care about.
A law from 1962 mandates the improvement of California government. We explain.
An honest call for overhauling our governments—and an intro a couple of institutions that hold governments accountable.
Civil Grand Juries are a powerful means by which ordinary citizens investigate local governments and provide recommendations for improvement.
Introducing the people who keep the food supply safe, make sure consumers get what they pay for, and protect the public from invasive pests.
California feeds the nation and the world. Not just with culture and technology, but with food.
California stands as America’s agricultural powerhouse, growing half of its fruits and vegetables. Here’s how California farming has shaped the state, from the early missions to today’s “factories in the field.”
California women have played a significant role in shaping every major industry within the U.S. and the world. Here are a few of them.
We salute the women of the world, who are still struggling with that stubborn pay gap and other vestiges of misogyny as we end the first quarter of the twenty first century.
Life Skills Art Show 2025
What’s Your Color? Call for Artists!
Summer Art Camps 2025
Celebrating Arts, Culture & Creativity Month
Uprooted: An Exhibition Opening Celebration
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