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Recent Business Closures Are a Wakeup Call for San Juan Bautista

Lea este artículo en español aquí.At a San Juan Bautista Planning Commission meeting back on Aug. 27, Chairman Jose Aranda said he had been told that one of the city’s businesses—“a major player here in town”—would likely close in a …

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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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Students Raise More Than $1M at Oct. 5 Livestock Auction

A highlight of this year’s San Benito County Fair in Tres Pinos was the Oct. 5 junior livestock auction, in which students raised more than $1.1 million.

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Harvest Time Roadhouse to Suffer From Mitchell Road Closure

Lea este artículo en español aquí.Adam Jones, owner of Hollister’s Harvest Time Roadhouse, had been looking forward to the reopening of the Union/Mitchell Road intersection on Hwy 156. Since Caltrans closed the access to Union Road on Aug. 15 to …

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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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Hollister City Council Discusses Single-Use Plastic Ordinance

Lea este artículo en español aquí.The Hollister City Council is considering an ordinance to reduce single-use plastics. To ease the financial burden on restaurants and other impacted businesses, the proposed ordinance would be implemented in three phases. The city is …

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Leases Available at New Santana Ranch Development

Lea este artículo en español aquí.A new development in the Santana Ranch community is offering retail locations for lease. Located on the northeast corner of Hillcrest Road and Fairview Road, it’s planned as a grocery-anchored shopping center that will feature …

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Uplift Central Coast Announces Catalyst Grant Opportunity

Information provided by Monterey Bay Economic Partnership. Lea este artículo en español aquí.Monterey Bay Economic Partnership (MBEP), a member of Uplift Central Coast Coalition alongside REACH and the Economic Development Cooperative, is pleased to announce the upcoming release of a …

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BL SPECIAL REPORT: Planting Justice’s Model for Holistic Re-Entry Reshapes a Community

Lea este articulo en español aquí.This report is in partnership with the University of Southern California Annenberg Center for Health Journalism as part of a series for the 2024 California Health Equity Fellowship.In a pocket of the city of Oakland, …

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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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HHS, Conectado Partner for AI Education

Hollister High School is proud to announce a strategic partnership with Conectado Inc. to deliver specialized bootcamps to students in artificial intelligence (AI) and bioinformatics. This collaboration marks a significant milestone as the world of technology shifts, increasing the need …

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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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Hospital, Healthcare Union Reach Labor Agreement

Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital and the San Benito Health Care District this week announced that they have reached a new labor agreement with the Hollister hospital’s largest union.

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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.

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Students Get Ideas at YMCA Career Day

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