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Downtown Gilroy Celebrates Gourmet Alley

Downtown Gilroy’s new Gourmet Alley, designed to be a pedestrian friendly corridor, officially opened to the public on Nov. 8.

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12 Days of Giving Campaign: Community FoodBank

Information provided by Community FoodBank of San Benito. Lea este artículo en español aquí.Community FoodBank of San Benito is partnering with other essential service organizations in our community to raise funds and awareness this holiday season. The 12 Days of …

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Eat, Drink, Savor: Steakstop Helps Kick Off Food Truck Tuesdays in Hollister

Lea este artículo en español aquí.It has been three years to the day since Joseph Elmhorst’s Steakstop became the first food truck licensed by Hollister to operate at a fixed location within the Hollister city limits. It was a groundbreaking …

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Local Thrift Store and Homeless Resource Closing in November

Local Hollister thrift store Worth Saving Mercantile, the anchor for Linda Lampe’s Food Angels program, will be closing its doors next month. The downtown location has served as a haven for homeless and food-insecure people for the last six years.

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Nursery Crops, Mushrooms Top Annual Santa Clara County Ag Report

Nursery crops retained their top spot in Santa Clara County in 2023, according to Santa Clara County’s latest Crop Report, with mushrooms clinging to the No. 2 spot despite a drop in crop value of almost 8% from 2022 due …

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County Planners Send Open Space Deal at Highways 129 and 101 to Supervisors

Lea este artículo en español aquí.The Planning Commission sent a development agreement regarding the Ag Center project, proposed for the intersection of Highways 101 and 129, to the Board of Supervisors for discussion. On Sept. 18, the county planners were …

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Farm Bureau Holds Tractor Parade Opposing Measure A

Lea este artículo en español aquí.About a dozen farm tractors drove through downtown Hollister on Oct. 12 to demonstrate farmers' opposition to Measure A on the Nov. 5 ballot. The event was organized by the San Benito County Farm Bureau.Measure …

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Linda Lampe’s Food Angels Relocating to Buena Vista Road

Lea este artículo en español aquí.Linda Lampe’s Worth Saving thrift store was supposed to be closed on the day of our interview, but she was otherwise occupied—fixing lunch in the back kitchen for a homeless man. He was one of …

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BenitoLink Joins Hollister Downtown Association’s Farmers Market

Lea este articulo en español aquí.As the Hollister Downtown Association’s Farmer’s Market has been bringing loads of locals to downtown Hollister on Wednesday afternoons since April, BenitoLink decided to jump in on the fun. For the past month, San Benito …

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San Martin Airport Day Is Oct. 26

The fourth annual San Martin Airport Day and Food Truck Fly-In is scheduled for 9am-3pm Oct. 26 at the San Martin Airport. The free event features aircraft demonstrations; food offerings from local food trucks; live music; aircraft on display; skydiving …

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San Benito High School District Awarded $200K Grant

Information provided by the San Benito High School District. Lea este artículo en español aquí.San Benito High School District has received a $200,000 Farm To School Incubator Grant to procure fresh produce and meat that is locally grown and organically …

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Eat, Drink, Savor: El Guapo Kitchen Surprises With Grasshoppers and Regional Dishes

Lea este artículo en español aquí.Two years ago, in his first interview with BenitoLink about his El Guapo Kitchen food truck, Chef Alejandro Ceja talked about changing his menu four times, trying to understand the local tastes in food, dropping …

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Grant Brings Fresh, Local Food to San Benito County Students

San Benito High School District recently received a $200,000 Farm To School Incubator Grant to procure fresh produce and meat that is locally grown and organically farmed in San Benito County, according to a press release from the district.

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Salvation Army and Cesar Chavez Foundation Join Forces to Empower San Benito County Communities

Information provided by Salvation Army Hollister. Lea este artículo en español aquí.The Salvation Army Hollister Corps Community Center, in collaboration with the Cesar Chavez Foundation, is launching an impactful program to empower migrant workers and support the unhoused community in …

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Agriculture Sales See Slight Decrease in 2023

Lea este artículo en español aquí. San Benito County’s agricultural gross sales fell $1.5 million compared to the previous year, according to the 2023 crop report. The report, released Aug. 27, says agriculture accounted for $360.9 million in sales.“The biggest …

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SJB Planning Commission Greenlights Food Trucks on City Streets

Lea este artículo en español aquí.The San Juan Bautista Planning Commission accepted an amendment to the municipal code to loosen some restrictions on food trucks. If the measure is passed by the council, food trucks would pay a $150 per-day …

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Gourmet Alley Construction Update

Despite temperatures rising into the triple digits (again) this week, work proceeds on the downtown Gilroy Gourmet Alley project.

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