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Carnival Nights
2025-08-29 17:00 - 22:00, 2025-08-22 17:00 - 22:00, 2025-08-15 17:00 - 22:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Gilroy Gardens Family Theme Park, 3050 Hecker Pass Hwy, Gilroy, 95020, United States
Carnival Nights are back at Gilroy Gardens Family Theme Park, featuring dazzling performances and fabulous fun for the whole family. Discover magic shows, juggling acts, balloon artists, carnival games, specialty food and drinks—and all your favorite rides lit up at night.
This enchanting evening experience is on Friday nights only, from July 25 through September 19, from 5:00-10:00pm. Admission is FREE for Gilroy Gardens Premium Members.

Overdose Awareness Day
2025-08-29 14:00 - 16:00
🎤 What to Expect:
Educational Presentation on opioid overdose prevention
and Naloxone Training
📚 Resource Table with informational materials
💊 Free Narcan (Naloxone) Kits
💬 Open discussion, Q&A, and community support
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🎤 Qué esperar:
Presentación educativa sobre la prevención de sobredosis de opioides y entrenamiento en el uso de la naloxona
📚 Mesa de recursos con material informativo.
💊 Kits gratuitos de Narcan (naloxona).
💬 Discusión abierta, preguntas y respuestas, y apoyo de la comunidad.

HHMH Board Meeting
2025-08-28 17:00 - 20:00
The Board meets at Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital – Great Room – Support Services Building – 2nd Floor 5:00 p.m.

Toastmasters of San Benito General Meetings
2025-08-28 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-08-21 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-08-14 12:00 - 13:00 | Community Foundation Epicenter, 440 San Benito Street, Hollister, CA, Hollister, 95023, United States America
Join us for our weekly meetings – every Thursday, 12:00 to 1:00 at 440 San Benito Street in Hollister.
Toastmasters of San Benito is affiliated with Toastmasters International. Learn how to give a speech in a friendly, easy-going, non-judgemental environment. Build self-confidence and self-awareness as you learn new skills.

Free Vaccine Clinic
2025-08-28 10:00 - 16:00, 2025-08-21 10:00 - 16:00, 2025-08-14 10:00 - 16:00
FREE flu vaccines at San Benito County
Public Health Every Wednesday & Thursday 10-12pm &
2-4pm, get you and your family protected for this
respiratory season.

In Person Support Group
2025-08-27 13:30 - 14:30 | Pauline Valdivia Memorial Community Center, 300 West St, Hollister CA 95023

SBC Board of Supervisors Meeting
2025-08-26 09:00 - 17:00
Board of Supervisors Chambers 481 Fourth Street, Hollister.
Starts at 9 a.m.

San Benito Oriana Chorale "Calling All Singers"
2025-08-25 18:45 - 21:00 | Christ Fellowship Church, 2066 San Benito Street, Hollister, CA, 95023, United States
Oriana Chorale begins our Fall 2025 Season on Monday, August 25th. Rehearsals begin at 6:45pm at Christ Fellowship Church 2066 San Benito Street in Hollister. We will meet weekly to prepare for our December Concerts at Christ Fellowship Church and Mission San Juan Bautista.
Join us if you love to sing ! Our rehearsals also provide great vocal training. No auditions required.
If you are unable to come on August 25th, there will be no rehearsal on Labor Day, but new members may also join on the following Monday, September 8th.

Group Core Class
2025-08-25 16:00 - 17:00, 2025-08-18 16:00 - 17:00 | 410 Third St, San Juan Bautista, CA 95045, 410 Third St., San Juan Bautista, CA, 95045, United States
SBJ core exercises Mondays at 4pm but more of a relationship builder with your significant other or BFF.
Check it out and sign up here: https://www.mystichealthwellness.com/private-sessions at 410 Third St, in San Juan Bautista.

Food Drive for Aromas-San Juan School District
2025-08-23 10:00 - 15:00
Date: August 23
Time: 10 a.m.- 3 p.m.
Location: Mission Market, 54 Muchelemi Street, SJB

San Benito COG
2025-08-21 16:00 - 18:00
Aug. 21 at 4:00 p.m. at 481 Fourth Street, Hollister. Board of Supervisors Chamber.

SBC Planning Commission Meeting
2025-08-20 18:00 - 20:00
Board of Supervisors Chambers 481 Fourth Street, Hollister.
August 20 at 6 p.m.

Agenda

SBC Safety Element Meeting
2025-08-19 17:30 - 19:30
The County of San Benito Planning Department is hosting a neighborhood meeting to discuss updates to the Safety Element of the General Plan. This element evaluates and addresses both natural and human-made hazards and climate change impacts. It aims to reduce potential short and long-term risk of death, injuries, property damage, and economic and social dislocation resulting from fires, floods, droughts, earthquakes, landslides, climate change, and other hazards.
When: Tuesday, August 19th from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Where: Sheriff’s Conference Room, 2301 Technology Parkway, Hollister, CA 95023
Contact: safetyelement@sanbenitocountyca.gov
El Departamento de Planificación del Condado de San Benito está organizando una reunión de vecindario para conversar sobre las actualizaciones del Elemento de Seguridad del Plan General.Este elemento evalúa y aborda tanto los peligros naturales como los causados por el hombre y los impactos del cambio climático. Su objetivo es reducir el riesgo potencial a corto y largo plazo de muertes, lesiones, daños a la propiedad y trastornos económicos y sociales resultantes de incendios, inundaciones, sequías, terremotos, deslizamientos de tierra, cambio climático y otros peligros.
Cuando: Martes, 19 De Agosto de 5:30 p.m. a 7:30 p.m.
Donde: Sala de Conferencias del Sheriff, 2301 Technology Parkway, Hollister, CA 95023
Contacto: safetyelement@sanbenitocountyca.gov

SJB City Council
2025-08-19 17:00 - 22:30
SJB City Hall 05:15 pm – 10:15 pm. Aug. 19
Agenda

Hollister City Council
2025-08-18 18:30 - 21:30
Monday, August 18, 2025 at 6:30 p.m.
City Council Chamber, City Hall
375 Fifth Street, Hollister.

Agenda

Open Mic (ages 14+)
2025-08-16 19:00 - 20:30 | Hills Bookstore, 650 San Benito St Suite #140,, Hollister, CA, 95023, United States
All are welcome to join a free Open Mic Event at Hills Bookstore!

Kim Addonizio Poetry Craft Workshop & Reading
2025-08-16 11:30 - 15:30 | Community Foundation Epicenter, 440 San Benito Street, Hollister, CA, Hollister, 95023, United States America
11:30am-1pm: Craft Workshop: Risking Delight: Kim Addonizio: This craft and generative workshop will be about joy, an emotion that’s difficult to access these days given the state of our country and the world. But as Jack Gilbert wrote, If we deny our happiness, resist our satisfaction,/we lessen the importance of their deprivation./ We must risk delight. In this workshop, we’ll look at some poems that do just that, and muster some writing of our own to counteract the negative forces around us that insists on pain, destruction, and despair.
Poetry Reading:
2:00pm-3:15pm Kim Addonizio’s most recent poetry collection is Exit Opera (W.W.Norton, 2024). She is the author of eight other poetry collections, two novels, two story collections, and two books on writing poetry, The Poet’s Companion (with Dorianne Laux) and Ordinary Genius, as well as a memoir-in-essays, Bukowski in a Sundress: Confessions from a Writing Life. Addonizio’s work has been honored with fellowships from the NEA and Guggenheim Foundation, and her collection Tell Me was a finalist for the National Book Award. She lives in Oakland, CA and teaches writing workshops on Zoom. https://www.kimaddonizio.com

The Future We Speak ~ CalPoets' Symposium 2025
2025-08-16 | San Benito County Arts Council ANNEX, 217 5th Street, Hollister, 95023, United States America
For 61 years, California Poets in the Schools (CalPoets) has brought poetry creation and performance to over a million students across the state, and provided a vital professional network for thousands of California poets.
This symposium is open to the public and geared towards literary teaching artists (for all audiences), classroom educators, poets, MFA candidates, and more. Content will be engaging for those brand new to teaching the literary arts and to the “old hats” among us. CalPoets’ Poet-Teachers will lead workshops sharing their skills and expertise.
Workshops will be geared towards the theme of THE FUTURE WE SPEAK. How can poetry serve as a tool for speaking out and speaking up? Can our connection to poetry help build the future we want to see? How do we encourage California youth to unplug, find their unique voices, speak out against injustices, and thrive? What role does poetry hold in the current political climate? How does raising our individual voice encourage others to do the same? We will learn from experts in our midst and pool our best practices for a weekend of learning, networking, community-building, poetry readings, and some good old-fashioned fun.

Gavilan College Board of Trustees
2025-08-12 19:00 - 21:00
Board of Trustees Regular Meeting
Tuesday, August 12, 2025
Closed Session – 4:00 p.m.
Location: Gavilan College, Gilroy Campus, Social Science Room 111
Open Session – 5:30 p.m.
Location: Gavilan College, Gilroy Campus, Library Room 170
Agenda.

SBC Board of Supervisors
2025-08-12 09:00 - 16:00
Board of Supervisors Chambers 481 Fourth Street, Hollister.
Aug. 12, 2025
9:00 a.m.
Agenda

Rotary Club of Hollister and Zoe Lofgren Meeting
2025-08-11 12:00 - 13:00
Zoe Lofgren presentation on National politics and Immigration and then it will open up for a Q&A.
Paines Restaurant in Hollister
12-1 p.m.
Cost: Event free but lunch can be purchased.

Aromas Community Market
2025-08-10 09:30 - 13:00 | Aromas Community Grange, Corner of Rose and Bardue, Aromas
The Aromas Community Market is back!
Starting Sunday, June 9th from 9:30am to 1:00pm, and every second Sunday until October 12th
Outside the Aromas Community Grange Hall: 361 Rose Ave., Aromas
Come gather with neighbors and friends and enjoy great music, delicious food, and peruse all our local vendors have to offer!
Whether you are looking for the freshest produce from local growers at great prices, or a beautiful succulent arrangement to decorate your home, freshly baked sourdough bread or the work of local artisans, we have it all.
A portion of your purchases will go towards supporting the Aromas Grange Pavilion Project.
The Aromas Community Market will be held the second Sunday of every month from 9:30am to 1:00pm June-October.
Hope to see you there!
