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Police / Fire

Huge pot bust in rural San Benito County

Multi-agency raid nets tens of thousands of plants worth an estimated $225 million, plus a cache of weapons

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Health

Hospital’s Women’s Diagnostic Imaging Center receives grant from Hearst Foundation

3D breast ultrasound system will benefit a county in which approximately 22 percent of thel population is women age 40 and older and about 17 percent are women age 60 and older

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Nonprofits

Latest ‘Going Green’ episode talks urban planning, green design

Environmental consultant Scott Sjulin addresses Vietnam's urban planning and green designs with local hosts

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COMMENTARY: Our homeless shelter program needs a timeout

Lack of a fully coordinated plan already hurting efforts

Julisa Lopez at the first-ever White House Tribal Youth Gathering on July 9. Photo courtesy of Julisa Lopez.

Amah Mutsun tribal member inspired by White House trip

Julisa Lopez, an 18-year-old member of the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band, joined nearly 1,000 Native American youth at the first-ever White House Tribal Youth Gathering on July 9.

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Government / Politics

County General Plan OK’d, homeless center site questioned

County supervisors approve development guiding plan eight years after the revision effort began