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BL Special Report: Loneliness among seniors during COVID
This is part of a a monthly series of articles underwritten by Health Projects Center and Del Mar Caregivers on senior health During the pandemic, the limits put on social gatherings and interactions...
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BL Special Report: For seniors, activity is key to preventing falls
This is part of a monthly series of articles underwritten by Health Projects Center and Del Mar Caregivers on senior health Among the many health challenges that come with aging, injury-causing falls...
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BL Longform: The 19th-century Gilmore Colony collapses at the farm
Lena Gilmore 1903 report card. Courtesy of Antonia Martin.Scott Gilmore’s signatures on a report card. Gilmore died that year, with his wife signing the rest of the entries. Courtesy of Antonia...
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BL Longform: Snyder’s General Store and the downfall of Tiburcio Vasquez
Tiburcio Vasquez. Courtesy of the California State Library.Tiburcio Vasquez. Courtesy of the California State Library.Vasquez marker. Courtesy of E Clampus Vitus.The grave of Tiburcio Vasquez. Photo by...
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BL Special Report: Legal group says Hollister Mayor violated Brown Act and...
Councilwoman Delores Morales said people have the right to speak and be heard. Photo by John Chadwell.City Attorney Jason Epperson told the council May 2021 the ordinance possibly could not be...
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BL Special Report: Company transferred 27 parcels along Hwy 25 corridor
Former supervisor Anthony Botelho believes developer Philip Taylor is behind the massive land acquisition in the county. Photo by John Chadwell. Frank Barragan backed the committee that opposed Strada...
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BL Special Report: Grant gives neighborhoods hope for drinkable water
Three Hollister neighborhoods frustrated beyond reason will receive $2.2 million to improve their water quality. Heatherwood Estates, Fox Hills and Fischer Subdivisions have spent years and a lot of...
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BL Special Report: San Benito County high schools see an uptick in school...
While rates of suspension, expulsion and violence are decreasing in high schools statewide, that’s not the case in San Benito County. Of the two main high schools, Hollister High, with a student...
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BL Special Report: FBI looking into alleged embezzlement at library
Lea este articulo en español aquí. San Benito County Sheriff Eric Taylor told BenitoLink the county auditor’s office discovered “hundreds of thousands” of dollars in misappropriated funds used to...
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BL Special Report: Bankruptcy protection denied hospital over $15 million...
Lea este articulo en español aquí. The California Northern Bankruptcy Court dismissed Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital’s Chapter 9 bankruptcy case on March 25, citing a $15 million discrepancy in...
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BL Special Report: Why do young people in San Benito County join gangs?
Lea este artículo en español aquí.This reporting is in partnership with the University of Southern California Annenberg Center for Health Journalism as part of a series for the 2024 California Health...
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BL Special Report: Restorative justice circles help incarcerated and at-risk...
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...
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