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A Red Cross volunteer installs a smoke alarm. Photo provided.

Red Cross to offer free smoke alarm installation

Published 04/22/2019
Community Contributor, American Red Cross

On April 27, local Red Cross volunteers are expected to partner with Hollister Fire Department personnel and Seaside High School students to install free smoke alarms in Hollister and Tres Pinos.

Members of the Hollister Fire Department crossing Fifth Street along San Benito on April 22, 2017 for the annual Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event. Photos by Lisa Robinson-Ward.

Local organizations partner to raise awareness of violence against women

Published 04/08/2019
BenitoLink Staff

Seventh annual Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event set to take place on April 13 at 10 a.m. at the Veterans Memorial Building in downtown Hollister.

Local fire groups to hold town hall on wildfire preparation

Published 04/02/2019
BenitoLink Reporter, Blaire Strohn

April 4 session covers prevention and response in hazard zones of San Benito County.

Don’t Bring Zika Home: Protect Yourself, Your Family, and California

Published 06/30/2018
Samela Perez

Here in California, the Zika virus remains a serious public health concern to people traveling to areas with Zika. Zika is a virus that is spread through the bite of an infected mosquito or through unprotected sex with an infected partner.

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Health Officials Encourage Community to Get Flu Shot

Published 10/12/2017
Laura Romero

San Benito County Public Health Services will be conducting a Free Flu Vaccination Clinic at Veterans Memorial Building on Thursday Oct. 26 from 1:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.