San Benito County News

Photograph by George Sakkestad Patrick Gaffney will take over as superintendent of the Campbell Union High School District this summer.

WHERE WE STAND: Luis Alejo has fought hard for the Salinas Valley, and represents a broad swath of constituents.

The district, represented since 1993 by Rep. Sam Farr, D-Carmel, has a new name - or number.

Mario Guzman shows off his new franchise Junk King of Monterey on May 10 in Marina.

In an effort to maximize the resources to locate Sierra, the Sheriff's Office is encouraging the community and rural property owners to continue searches of land, water shorelines, creeks, streams, private property wells, large containers and abandoned sheds or outhouse structures.

CASTROVILLE, Calif- It was the concert that almost wasn't, but thanks to a fortunate turn of events the show will go on.

For the second time this month, Dr. Dori Rose Inda was honored for her effort to improve access to health care for seasonal and agricultural workers across the state.

The North Monterey County High School Band Director reports that the band equipment van reported stolen on Monday morning has been discovered in San Benito County.

A truck that was stolen with $80,000 worth of band instruments inside from North Monterey County High School was found in a rural part of San Benito County on Tuesday.

FELTON, Calif- Deputies are searching the Felton area for a 39-year-old man who has been missing since Sunday.

As a sport, rowing takes a lot of strength. Well, the Los Gatos Rowing Club has reached out to some of the strongest people in Silicon Valley -- those who have been touched by cancer -- with its new outreach program, Row to Recovery.

Christopher High School is realizing the dream of becoming a digital media and performing arts high school through a state-of-the-art new campus media connection.A With space tight in its current home at Gavilan College, CMAP has found a new location at Christopher High School in Thursday's unanimous vote by the Gilroy Unified School District Board ... (more)

The unemployment rate for the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara metropolitan statistical area was 8.4 percent for April, down compared to 9.3 percent in March.

The 42-year-old Hollister woman faces 25 years to life in prison at her sentencing scheduled for May 18.

Action News Anchor Michelle Imperato gives a preview of the San Benito County District 5 race, which includes downtown Hollister.

When Bob Fultz talks about government getting out of the way of the private sector, he sounds like a classic small-government backer.

The Association of Monterey Bay Area Governments is working to develop a modeling tool to help transportation planners make the region more bicycle-friendly. This tool will assist decision makers in identifying suitable areas to plan for new routes throughout Monterey, San Benito and Santa Cruz counties.

IT APPEARS V1 WAS TRAVELING TOO FAST FOR CONDITIONS, LOST CONTROL, STRUCK THE SOUTH CURB SIDEWAYS, SLID ACROSS THE BIKE LANE BEFORE STRIKING A GRAVEL BERM AND GOING AIRBORN, COMING TO REST ON ITS WHEELS.

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