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SBALT Ranch Day
2025-04-06 09:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | San Juan Bautista, CA
Work parties and/or hikes on Nyland and Rancho Larios Protected Lands in San Juan Bautista.

Free Vaccine Clinic
2025-04-10 10:00 - 16:00, 2025-04-17 10:00 - 16:00, 2025-04-24 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.

Toastmasters of San Benito General Meetings
2025-04-10 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-04-17 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-04-24 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.

Book Sale - Friends of the Library
2025-04-12 09:00 - 11:30 | san benito library, 470 5th Street, Hollister, CA, 95023, United States
This month’s sale will be from 9 AM to 11:30 AM on Saturday, April 12th. (Weather permitting.)
We have many books for both kids and adults. Fiction, non-fiction, cookbooks, audio books, you name it, we probably have it. Plenty of new donations, all at bargain prices.
The sale will be behind the library, which is at 470 5th St. in Downtown Hollister. Look for the signs.
Hope to see you there!

Airport Advisory Commission
2025-04-16 08:00 - 17:00
Wednesday, April 23, ay 6:00 p.m.
City Council Chamber, City Hall
375 Fifth Street, Hollister, CA 95023

CAP 2025-2026 Community Input Session
2025-04-16 17:30 - 18:30
Date: April 16
Time: 5:30-6:30 p.m.
Location: 1161 San Filipe Road, Hollister. Building B.

Rancho Aromitas Firewise Community April meeting
2025-04-16 18:30 - 20:00 | Aromas Community Grange, Corner of Rose and Bardue, Aromas
Rancho Aromitas Firewise Community (RAFC)
Fire risk, evacuation routes, chipping & more!
Please join us at the April meeting of the Rancho Aromitas Firewise Community (RAFC)
Wednesday, April 16, 2025, 6:30 to 8 pm.
Aromas Community Grange located at 361 Rose Avenue, Aromas, CA.
CalFire Battalion Chief Curtis Rhodes will be on hand to speak about recent fire-related events in the news, including:
*CalFire fire-risk maps and their impact on Aromas residents
*Updated wildfire action plans from Sacramento and enforcement of the “Zone 0” rules
*Experiences at the LA fires (including a short film)
We will also unveil RAFC projects for 2025:
*Improved chipping program to resume this summer
*Additional evacuation routes for neighborhoods with one-way in – and – out to be identified with your help and input
For more info try our new website: www.RanchoAromitasFWC.org
or email us at RanchoAromitasFWC@gmail.com
This is a free event and open to the public.

Good Friday Service
2025-04-18 12:00 - 13:00
We are excited to announce that this Good Friday, April 18th, SCC will host a beautiful Noon service in honor of God’s miraculous sacrifice and loving care. We invite you to come together with us as we reflect on the profound significance of this day.
This is a wonderful opportunity to gather in fellowship, celebrate our faith, and deepen our understanding of God’s love. Please feel free to bring along your family, friends, and anyone you’d like to share this meaningful experience with.
Let us unite in gratitude and praise as we commemorate this sacred occasion. We look forward to seeing you there!
#scchollister #goodfriday #ourGodreigns

Earth Day Celebration
2025-04-19 11:00 - 14:00
“Join us on Saturday, April 19th, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in front of the Veterans Memorial Building for a fun and inspiring Earth Day Celebration!
Enjoy music, hands-on activities, exciting games, and interactive environmentally minded booths hosted by local businesses, non-profits, and vendors. Learn simple ways to protect our little blue planet and make sustainable choices every day.
Bring your family and friends for a day of eco-friendly fun —because every action counts

Mending Circle
2025-04-19 11:00 - 14:00 | Hollister Veterans Memorial Building, 649 San Benito Street, Hollister, 95023, United States America
Have a favorite piece of clothing or another cloth item with a hole or tear in it? Don’t throw it out, fix it in the Mending Circle! Supplies also provided for those who want to learn mending skills by making a sample patch. Adults and children welcome.
Facilitated by textile expert and long-time mender, Shana McCracken. Skilled volunteers also available to assist. Part of San Benito County’s Earth Day event.

Free Easter Event!!
2025-04-19 12:00 - 15:00 | Cerra Vista Elementary School, 2181 Cerra Vista Drive, Hollister, CA, 95023, United States
Get Egg-Cited! 🐣 We are dropping 50,000 EGGS for you!
Free admission and access to all activities.
Gateway Hollister is hosting a FREE Easter Egg Hunt and Festivities.
Bring your kids, friends, neighbors, and families for
🐰Bunny Meet + Pictures
🍬 Local Food Trucks
🎪 Bouncy Houses
🎮 Video Game Truck
🎨 Face Painting
🎟 Raffle Prizes
😄 Playground & Lawn Games
🪺 Egg Hunts starting @ 1PM
Event- 12pm-3pm, April 19th Saturday
Location – Cerra Vista Elementary School
2151 Cerra Vista Dr, Hollister, CA 95023

Juristac: Amah Mutsun Efforts to Protect Sacred Land
2025-04-19 17:00 - 19:00 | Luna Gallery and Eco Art Studio, 107-B The Alameda, San Juan Bautista, CA, 95045, United States
A free informational event about the efforts of the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band to protect Juristac from a proposed mining project near the Pajaro River and Highway 129.
Featuring:
* Hannah Moreno — Amah Mutsun tribal member and youth group organizer
* Valentin Lopez — Chairman, Amah Mutsun Tribal Band
* Short film: Rally for Juristac, by Ruth Anne Beutler & Alexii Sigona
SATURDAY, APRIL 19
5:00pm to 7:00pm @ the Luna Gallery
107 B The Alameda, San Juan Bautista
This event coincides with the “Contemporary Indigenous Voices of California’s South Coast Range” photo exhibition at the Luna Gallery, March 15 – April 27.
Sponsored by the Luna Gallery, Green Foothills and the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band.

Juristac Event at Luna Gallery in San Juan Bautista
2025-04-19 17:00 - 19:00
It’s springtime, and orange poppies, purple lupine, and red paintbrush flowers color the hillsides at Juristac, a pristine hillside landscape in northern San Benito County and Southern Santa Clara County.
In honor of Earth Day, the Luna Gallery in San Juan Bautista is hosting an informational evening about the history and future of Juristac.
Who and What: Speakers from the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band will speak to the public about Juristac’s cultural, spiritual, and ecological importance for Indigenous people. This event accompanies the photo exhibit “Contemporary Indigenous Voices of California’s South Coast Range,” on display at Luna Gallery 3/15-4/27.
Where: Luna Gallery, 107 B The Alameda Ave., San Juan Bautista, CA 95045
When: Saturday, April 19, 2025, from 5:00-7:00 p.m.
Why: The pristine landscape of Juristac is threatened by a proposed open pit mine.
Located in the southern foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains where the Pajaro and San Benito rivers meet, Juristac is a landscape of grassy hillsides dotted with ancient oak trees, sycamore woodlands, and natural tar springs found nowhere else in our region. Overhead, raptors such as White-tailed Kites and Golden Eagles soar. At night time, mountain lions, coyotes, and badgers roam. This landscape is ecologically important as one of the last remaining undeveloped corridors of land where wildlife can migrate between the Santa Cruz Mountains and the Diablo Range.
Juristac also holds deep significance for the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band, whose ancestors conducted religious ceremonies here for thousands of years. These traditions were disrupted during the Spanish conquest, as many Mutsun people were forcibly taken from Juristac to California’s missions. Juristac is among the last undeveloped sacred Amah Mutsun sites.
Juristac’s current owners propose building an open-pit sand-and-gravel mine, which would devastate 400 acres of this land. The Amah Mutsun Tribal Band has partnered with Green Foothills and other environmental organizations to try to stop a mining permit from being issued.

Easter Service
2025-04-20 09:00 - 12:30
April 20th is a day of unparalleled joy as we come together to celebrate Easter—the glorious resurrection of our Lord! He is RISEN, bringing with Him the promise of new life and salvation for each and every one of us.
On this special day, let’s rejoice in the incredible love that our Lord has for us. Through His sacrifice and triumphant victory over death, we are offered the gift of eternal life. What a beautiful reminder that love conquers all!
Join us in this joyous celebration at 9am and 10:30am! Let’s gather in gratitude, embrace one another in fellowship, and share the good news of His resurrection. Together, we will sing songs of praise, reflect on His amazing grace, and thank our Lord for the boundless love He pours into our lives.
This Easter, let our hearts be light, our spirits high, and our voices loud as we proclaim: **He is Risen!** Thank You, Lord, for loving us unconditionally and for the hope that springs forth from Your empty tomb. Happy Easter to all! #scchollister #Easter #OurGodReigns

Easter Egg Hunt
2025-04-20 11:30 - 12:30
April 20th is Easter Sunday! And SCC loves to celebrate the Lord’s resurrection with a fun and free 10,000 Easter Egg Hunt right after second service. All children ages 3-12 are invited to come and have a blast.
Join in on our children’s ministries services as well at 9am and 10:30am and make this your best Easter yet.
#scchollister #easter #easteregghunt #ourGodreigns #Heisrisen

Hollister City Council Meeting
2025-04-21 18:30 - 22:00
Monday, April 21 at 6:30 p.m.
City Council Chamber, City Hall
375 Fifth Street, Hollister, CA 95023

San Benito County Board of Supervisors
2025-04-22 09:00 - 16:00
April 22, at 9 a.m.
Board of Supervisors Chambers
481 Fourth Street, Hollister.
Agenda.

Hollister School District Meeting
2025-04-22 18:00 - 21:00
April 22 6-9 p.m.
Hollister School District, 2690 Cienega Rd, Hollister.

Aromas Water District Meeting
2025-04-22 19:00 - 21:00
Regular Board Meetings are held the fourth Tuesday of each month, beginning at 7 p.m.

In Person Support Group
2025-04-23 13:30 - 14:30 | Pauline Valdivia Memorial Community Center, 300 West St, Hollister CA 95023

Tourism Advisory Committee
2025-04-23 14:00 - 16:00
Board of Supervisors Chambers 481 Fourth Street, Hollister
2-4 p.m.
Agenda

Conversations with Dad: Empowering Fatherhood
2025-04-23 15:00 - 17:00 | 351 Tres Pinos Road, Hollister, CA 95023, 351 Tres Pinos Road Suite A-201, Hollister, CA 95023, Hollister, CA, 95023, United States
A 12 week long, evidence based group workshop centered around a positive parenting program specific for fathers. Workshop goals include:
•Strengthen Co-Parenting
•Promote Good Behaviors & Abilities
•Boost Parental Self-Efficacy
•Linkage to Community Resources
First course will begin April 23, 2025 for 12 weeks concluding on July 16th, 2025
Classes will be offered in both English and Spanish
*Child Care and Food Provided for in-person participants
Virtual option available to Monterey and Santa Cruz counties residents
For more information and to secure a spot please reach out one of our facilitators:
Monica Hernandez (831) 902- 8952
Mark Segovia (830) 387- 0511

Dead Cowboys at the Brass Tap
2025-04-23 18:00 - 20:00
Date: April 23
Time: 6-8 p.m.

Resource and Apprentice Fair
2025-04-24 12:00 - 16:00
Date: April 24
Time: 12-4 p.m.
Location: 1111 San Felipe Road. Hollister.

Resource and Apprentice Fair
2025-04-24 12:00 - 17:00
Date: April 24 and 25
Time: Noon to 4 p.m. and 1-5 p.m.
Location:1111 San Felipe Road, Hollister.

Health Care District Meeting
2025-04-24 17:00 - 22:00
The Board meets at Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital – Great Room – Support Services Building – 2nd Floor 5:00 p.m.
