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THE LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE OF SAN BENITO COUNTY

A supplement to the Hollister Free Lance

MAY 24, 2019

PAYING TRIBUTE

Hollister family remembers fallen son P2

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Robert Eliason

MAY 24, 2019

PAYING HOMAGE Amelia Gonzalez shows a photo of her son Albert Gonzalez, who was killed in combat during the Vietnam War in 1968.

BY WALLACE BAINE

REMEMBERING ALBERT On Memorial Day, a Hollister family reflects on 50 years of life without their loved one

J

oe Paul was the one who answered the door. He was only 11 at the time, out of school for the summer, hanging around the Gonzalez family home on South Street in Hollister. At the door greeting the boy, there stood an army chaplain.

been “in country” for about four months when he was killed in combat, “during hostile ground action,” as the military put it. A few weeks after the chaplain’s visit to the Gonzalez home, Albert was awarded the Bronze Star for meritorious service. He was 22 when he died.

Fernando Gonzalez, another of Albert’s brothers, was a teenager working at the JC Penney in Hollister that day.

“The manager told me that I’d better get home right away,” he said. “I didn’t know what it was all about. He didn’t give any indication what it was about.”

The news was both devastating and shocking. The widespread protests that marked the domestic reaction to the war had not yet reached the mainstream, at least not in Hollister.

“At the time, people were still volunteering,” Fernando said. “The message that if you go there, you might not come back wasn’t really in anybody’s mindset.” ➝4

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During the Vietnam War—as well as the Korean War and World War II before it—a chaplain at the door was a potent symbol of dread for American families. It was usually a harbinger of bad news. For many, it was the worst news they would hear in their lives.

The Gonzalez family was already a house in distress by the time the chaplain reached the door. The day before, the family had received a telegram, informing them that their oldest son PFC Albert Gonzalez,

who was serving in Vietnam, had been “mortally wounded,” in the preferred military euphemism of the time. There was some confusion about what that meant. Was he dead? Or merely wounded?

Albert’s mother Amelia feared the worst, and she stayed up much of the night weeping, expecting a knock on the door telling her that her Albert was gone forever.

The next day, the knock came.

Memorial Day is the most difficult holiday on the calendar, especially for the millions of families who’ve been touched directly by the sacrifice of war. On one hand, it’s painful, maybe even excruciating, to remember the worst moment of your life. But on the other hand, memory is the most meaningful tribute to those who laid down their lives in service to their country. The debt the living owe them is paid in memories.

Albert Gonzalez was one of about 58,000 Americans who died while serving in Vietnam. He had

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MEMORIAL DAY

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Robert Eliason

MAY 24, 2019

CHARISMATIC GUY Fernando Gonzalez remembers his brother as someone who was friends with just about everyone in Hollister.

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Yet, Fernando remembered when Albert shipped out. He was a volunteer, not a draftee. At the time, he was a promising young man, attending Gavilan College in Gilroy. He had worked a wide variety of odd jobs for a number of people around town. Before heading off to basic training, Fernando remembers, “he really made an effort to go visit everyone he had been working for, told them he was going into the military. He was basically saying his goodbyes to all these people, in case he didn’t come back.”

Hollister was a considerably smaller town 50 years ago, and it seemed to the Gonzalez brothers that Albert knew almost everybody in town. He was an outgoing, charismatic guy, drove a 1958 blue Chevy Impala and, on the side, he was an entertainer, playing the guitar and singing at parties and functions, with a special love for the folk group The Seekers.

He liked to dress up occasionally in cowboy garb, and he had lots

of friends at Hollister High School and beyond.

“Every time we’d see one of his friends, they always asked about ‘Al,’ ” Joe Paul said. “We never called him Al. We always called him Albert.”

“Girls would always be coming over looking for him,” said Fernando in the common kid-brother lament. “But he was always somewhere tinkering.”

The Gonzalez siblings—there were seven all together counting Albert— worked in the community, usually in the fields, consistently. While in high school, Albert had an inclination to figure out how things worked and how to fix them when broken.

“Albert was very talented at repairing vehicles, making go-carts, finding some old car and bringing it back to life,” Fernando said.

“He would get so happy,” remembered his mother Amelia, who still lives in Hollister, a large portrait of Albert featured prominently in her living room, “when he would find

(something broken) and make it work.

He really did a lot of good things.”

His family said that Albert’s greatest passion was electricity and he was offered a job at General Electric in San Jose. He signed on with the U.S. Army instead.

Last year marked the 50th anniversary of Albert’s death. He would be only 72 today, probably a grandfather. Little brother Joe Paul Gonzalez, the one who answered the door that fateful day in 1968, has a long record of public service in Hollister and is now the Clerk, Auditor & Recorder for San Benito County. In 2018, he and his wife Irma visited Washington D.C. and, for the first time, got to see the famously reflective black granite of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Right there on the Washington Mall, in sight of the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument, on panel 51, line 39 was etched the name “Albert Gonzalez.”

While gazing at his brother’s name, Joe Paul was approached by another man, an ex-Marine

who had served in Vietnam. The man gestured to the wall and said softly, “Is that one yours?” Joe Paul, unable to speak, just nodded.

Fernando Gonzalez has been to Washington to see “The Wall” as well. Like Joe Paul, he was overcome with emotion. Both brothers said that they were compelled to linger over many of the other names engraved there, to reflect on the sacrifice of soldiers they did not know.

It gave them comfort to know that Albert was not alone on that wall.

“It’s amazing that it’s been so long since Albert (has died),” Fernando said. “But, still, even now, he’s always on my mind, even with the pressures and problems of everyday life. But I know I can tell people that my brother served. And that gives me a lot of pride.”

ON THE COVER Back row, from left to right: Joe Paul Gonzalez, Elizabeth Callahan, Fernando Gonzalez. Front row, from left to right: Briana Mancebo, Avery Mancebo, Amelia Gonzalez.

OUT & ABOUT SAN JUAN BAUTISTA

COFFEE & ACOUSTICS Vertigo Coffee Roasters presents a line-up of acoustic performances at “Coffee & Acoustics,” a part of the Vertigo Garden Show Series.

Marvie Hill, Izaiah Marchu, Kyle B.B., Swells and Phantom Flowers will perform. Admission is free, and all ages are welcome to attend.

Friday, May 24, 6-9pm at Vertigo Coffee Roasters, 81 Fourth St. For information, visit tinyurl.com/y4n9s6ml.

HOLLISTER

THE ELDORADOS The Eldorados will bring their soul blues music to Grillin & Chillin Alehouse. They will perform original songs including R&B, blues, rock & roll, country and even some South Texas Zydeco. Friday, May 24, 7-10pm at Grillin & Chillin Alehouse, 401 McCray St, Unit B24.

For information, visit tinyurl.com/y5f3ghur.

HOLLISTER

EVENING IN NATURE Hollister Hills State Vehicular Recreation Area presents a free family Evening Nature Walk. Attendees will discover the ins and outs of tracks, trails and scat that animals leave behind on this one-mile stroll along Beck Trail in the Nature Area. Park entrance fee is $5 per vehicle; there is no charge for the event. Saturday, May 25, 6-7pm at Hollister Hills State Vehicular Recreation Area, 7800 Cienega Rd, Lower Ranch, Nature Center in the back of Madrone Campground. For information, email hollister.hills@parks.ca.gov.

GILROY

FAMILY CAMP

SHOW IN THE GARDEN

All ages are invited to enjoy an evening of acoustic performances at Vertigo Coffee Roasters May 24.

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The entire family is invited to Gilroy Gardens for a Camp Out and Movie Night inside the park. Attendees will camp overnight and then enjoy Gilroy Gardens the next day. This campout features a family movie shown in the park’s amphitheater. Packages include three meals, movie with free popcorn and park admission the following day. Saturday, May 25, 6pm at Gilroy Gardens, 3050 Hecker Pass Highway, Gilroy. For information, visit gilroygardens.org.

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EVENTS

Recognizing fallen heroes

File photo

MAY 24, 2019

NEVER FORGET Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9242 place flags at cemeteries in Hollister in recognition of Memorial Day.

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Hollister ceremony highlights Memorial Day events

By ERIK CHALHOUB

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an Benito County’s fallen soldiers will be remembered and celebrated at several events on Memorial Day Weekend.

In Hollister, a Memorial Day ceremony will be held at the IOOF Cemetery, 600 Buena Vista Road, at 9am on May 27. Another ceremony will take place at Calvary Cemetery, 1100 Hillcrest Road, at 10am. Both are open to the public.

The Veterans of Foreign Wars

Post 9242 and American Legion Post 69 are inviting the community to their annual Memorial Day Ceremony on May 27 at 11am at the Veterans Memorial Building, 649 San Benito St. The ceremony will include a banner presentation and remembrance tiles.

A barbecue lunch will follow the ceremony. For $10, the menu includes tri-tip sandwich, beans, chips and a drink.

The Gilroy Memorial Day Parade committee, along with the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6309 and the American Legion Post 217, will begin the day with the Remembrance Ceremony at St. Mary Cemetery, 1000 First St., at 9am on May 27.

After the ceremony, the Memorial Day Parade will begin at 11am at the Gilroy Caltrain Station on Monterey Street. The parade will head south on Monterey Street, then proceed west on Tenth Street, ending at Gilroy High School.

For information, visit www.gilroycommunity.org.

Gilroy Gardens is also marking the holiday with a Memorial Day Barbecue.

All military members, active and retired, will receive free admission to the park. Six additional tickets can also be purchased for $30 each.

The barbecue will be held from May 25-27, noon-1pm each day.

The menu includes lemon pepper chicken, hot dogs, pulled pork sandwiches and more.

For tickets and information, visit www.gilroygardens.org.

For the 28th year, Veterans Memorial Morgan Hill will hold a Memorial Day service at Veterans Memorial Square, at the intersection of First Street and Monterey Road in downtown Morgan Hill. The service will begin at 9am on May 27.

Morgan Hill will also celebrate Memorial Day Weekend with the 40th annual Mushroom Mardi Gras in downtown. Taking place May 25-26, the festival features two food courts and more than 36 food vendors. The star of the festival will be on full display: Dishes include mushroom burgers, mushroom quesadillas, stuffed mushrooms, deep fried mushrooms, mushroom cheesesteak sandwich and more.

For a complete schedule of Mushroom Mardi Gras events, visit www.mhmmg.org.

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SUMMER ART CAMP

MAY- 24, 2019

Registration is now open for Summer Art Camp, presented by San Benito County Arts Council as part of its Community Art Education Program. Students will learn new artistic techniques including sand painting, mosaics, creating with clay and more. Five condensed three-day workshops will be offered between Jun 18 and Aug 1, with two sessions per workshop, 10am-noon for 5-7 year olds and 1-3pm for 8-13 year olds at ARTspace ANNEX, 217 Fifth St, Hollister. Registration is $50 per camp, including all materials and a snack. For full class schedule, descriptions and registration, visit sanbenitoarts.eventbrite.com.

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HOLLISTER CLOSING SALE The Forgiving Paws Thrift Shop will be closing its doors May 31 and is holding

a closeout sale with all items offered at 25-50 percent off. Any items that are not sold will be donated to similar businesses that support pet rescue. Forgiving

Paws will continue as a non-profit organization with its SPUTER (spay/neuter) and Helping Paws Funds. The sale is MondaySaturday, 10am-4pm through May 31 at 195 Meridian St, B-18. For information, call 831.638.2119 or visit forgivingpaws.org.

SOUL KISS Soul Kiss Band, the Central Coast’s premier variety dance band, will perform an assortment of top pop, rock, country, hip-hop, old school, classic rock and R&B hits from today and yesteryear. Saturday, Jun 1, 7-10pm at The Grove by Leal Vineyards, 7511 Pacheco Pass Highway. For information, visit soulkissband.com.

SAN JUAN BAUTISTA SEWING BASICS Ages 8 and older are invited to learn the basics of the sewing machine at Machine Basics, presented by Family Threads Quilt Shop. Students will learn about thread, needles, tension, bobbins and stitch count, and may bring their own sewing machine to class or may rent one from instructor Michelle Zeiler. Machine Basics is appropriate for beginners, and the cost is $45.

Friday, May 24, 5-8pm or 8-11pm at Family Threads Quilt Shop, 107 The Alameda. For information, including a list of supplies needed for class, visit tinyurl.com/yxjqyt6x.

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MUSHROOM MARDI GRAS

The 40th annual Morgan Hill Mushroom Mardi Gras Festival features educational displays, cooking demonstrations and food vendors showcasing mushroom dishes, two stages of entertainment, strolling musicians and street performers. Also featured is a handcrafted artists area, Munchkinland for the kids and a 10k/5k Fun Run. Memorial Day Weekend, Saturday, May 25, 10am-7pm and Sunday, May 27, 10am-6pm at the Downtown Morgan Hill Amphitheater Grounds and Depot Street, 17000 Monterey Road. For information, visit mhmmg.org.

The family-friendly Hollister Anime-Comic Con hosted by Ohana Comic Con celebrates fandom, comics, collectibles, pop culture and more. All ages are invited to dress to impress and enter the Cosplay (costume) contest beginning at 2:30pm. Cameras are OK, children 12 and younger enjoy free admission and parking is free. Sunday, Jun 9, 11am-4pm at Veterans Memorial Building, 649 San Benito St. For information, visit tinyurl.com/ y58449bw.

AROMAS

GILROY

ELECTRIC CARS Electric vehicles will be showcased in downtown Aromas at the Aromas Electric Car Show. Attendees will have the opportunity to see electric cars up close and personal, talk with the owners, learn about EV charging and more. The Recurrents will perform, and Mexican food will be available from Marshall’s Market.

Wednesday, May 29, 5-8pm at Blohm Avenue and Carpenteria in Aromas. For information, visit aromasprogressives.org.

SUMMER PARTY Day on the Ridge 2019 will feature worldfamous act Drake White and the Big Fire and more entertainers in a private, intimate setting. Attendees will listen to rock, country, pop and more while floating in frontrow inner tubes, and enjoy games, beer, wine, food trucks and more.

Event proceeds benefit St. Joseph’s Family Center. Admission is 21 and over only. Sunday, May 26, 2-11pm, park at Solorsano Middle School, 7121 Grenache Way and shuttle to party location. For tickets, visit dayontheridge.com.

GOLF TOURNAMENT The Gilroy Sunrise Rotary is

sponsoring its ninth annual Youth Scholarship Golf Tournament to benefit youth in the community.

Lunch begins at 11am, with a shotgun start at noon and an awards dinner at 6pm. The tournament will feature a scramble format, hole in one putting contest and mulligans. Cost is $175 per person. Friday, May 31, 11am at Gilroy Golf Course, 2695 Hecker Pass Road. For information and registration, visit gilroysunriserotary.org.

MORGAN HILL OPEN SPACE HIKE Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST) will host a free hike through Rancho

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EVENING PROGRAM Fremont Peak’s free Evening Public Program features a media presentation and the opportunity to observe the night sky through the 30-inch Challenger telescope and volunteers’ instruments from dusk until midnight. Weather may cause delays, shortening or cancellation of program. Saturday, May 25, presentation at 8:30pm, viewing from 8pm-midnight at Fremont Peak Observatory, San Juan Canyon Road. Parking is available at nearby lots in Fremont Peak State Park for $6. For information and updated program times and availability status, visit fpoa.net.

ANIME-COMIC CON

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GETTING OUT

Coe Park backpack

Ron Erskine

PEACEFUL PLACE Backpackers take in the view from the Rooster Comb at Henry W. Coe State Park.

A springtime journey through Coe’s east side MAY 24, 2019

By RON ERSKINE

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nce each spring, an outing at Henry W. Coe State Park brings the park's remote east side within easy reach of weekend backpackers. No, not the Backcountry Weekend event that is attended by hundreds of people. With only 20 campers, this overnight outing is a chance to feel the intimate touch of a secluded and peaceful place.

The Pine Ridge Association, Coe Park’s cooperating association, offers many events and activities to enhance visitors’ appreciation and understanding of the park (visit coepark.net). Among them is the Coe Outings Backpack trip. On this

trip, a small group of backpackers shoulder their packs after a 12-mile drive from Bell’s Station, a location deep in the park’s backcountry on the edge of the Orestimba Wilderness.

Spring is when Coe Park sings: the hills are green, the creeks are running and the flowers are in bloom. Nowhere is the springtime song prettier than in the softly rolling terrain of Coe’s east side. This year’s trip left no doubt about that.

Early on an April Saturday morning, 20 backpackers from as far away as Walnut Creek and Santa Cruz met at Coe Park’s Dowdy Ranch gate near Bell’s Station on the Pacheco Pass highway.

After introductions, we drove seven miles over the Kaiser-Aetna Road to the Dowdy Ranch Visitor Center. The road beyond the gate at the Dowdy Ranch is normally closed to park visitors, but for this event we were granted permission to drive another five miles to the very edge of the Orestimba Wilderness, a two-day journey from park headquarters.

Visitors to Coe Park headquarters above Morgan Hill know that the terrain there is rugged. Any journey beyond Pine Ridge means significant elevation gain/loss often along old ranch roads so steep that they can break a hiker’s heart. That country—a watershed that runs to San Francisco and Monterey bays—was behind us.

From the very divide of the inner Coast Range, we set out down the just-born South Fork of Orestimba Creek slipping gently toward the Central Valley.

Perfect spring weather and gentle terrain made for ideal hiking.

Streaks of soft morning sunlight bled through a canopy of blue oaks lighting a garden of lupine, delphinium, linanthus and gilia. We stopped to inspect acorn grinding holes in streamside rock outcrops left by long-gone natives who first lived here.

After five easy miles, we pitched camp beneath more blue oaks on a sprawling green bench above Orestimba Creek. For the afternoon, take your choice: Relax around camp, or come along on one of two day hikes.

I led a group out to the Rooster Comb while Heather led another group up to Mustang Pond.

As the day faded, we trickled together to share munchies, conversation, a creative assortment of libations, and the joy of a day well spent. Words can't fairly describe the sensation of watching evening, dusk and darkness succeed one another in such a beautiful and empty setting.

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Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose

SUPER-DUPER EXHIBIT

Families are invited to join Sid the Science Kid from the award-winning PBS Kids TV series at the Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose. Guests will use scientific tools and thinking to learn about simple machines, the laws of motion, magnetism, air power and the five senses. “Sid the Science Kid: The SuperDuper Exhibit!” will be open May 25-Sep 2 at the Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose, 180 Woz Way, San Jose. For information, visit cdm.org.

Canada del Oro, part of its community event series. POST volunteers will share the history of the preserve and the region, and the importance of conservation in the area while leading hikers on a 4.1-mile loop hike through the Mayfair Ranch and Longwall Canyon trails. Saturday, May 25, 9am-noon at Rancho Canada del Oro, 4289 Casa Loma Road. Upon registration, hikers will receive additional information, including what to bring and where to park.

To register, visit tinyurl.com/ y3jta8jh.

INSPIRATIONAL EXHIBIT Stories and perspectives of Civil Rights and Chicano voting rights activists are on display at the visual

ARTICHOKE FESTIVAL The annual Castroville Artichoke Food & Wine Festival returns for its 60th year. The event will include live musical entertainment on the main stage, the popular farmers market, chef demonstrations and

VINES & VIBES Guglielmo Winery’s Vines & Vibes summer concert series kicks off Jun 5.

Attendees are invited to bring a picnic dinner or purchase a meal onsite and relax while enjoying a bottle or glass of Guglielmo’s award-winning wine. Area bands will perform throughout the series.

Attendees must be 21 and older, and no outside alcohol is permitted.

Wednesday, Jun 5, 6-9pm at Guglielmo Winery, 1480 E Main Ave, Morgan Hill. For information, visit guglielmowinery.com.

CHILDREN’S MUSICAL Mount Madonna School presents its 41st annual musical theater production of Ramayana! The play follows Hanuman, the monkeys and princes Ram and Lakshman, as they journey to Lanka in their quest to rescue the Princess Sita from the demon King Ravana.

This Broadway-caliber production features lively action, dazzling costumes, family humor and universal life lessons brought to the stage by a cast and crew of nearly 200 students from preschool to grade 12. Friday, Jun 7, 7pm and Saturday and Sunday, Jun 8 and 9, 2:30pm each day at Mexican Heritage Theater, 1700 Alum Rock Ave, San Jose.

For information, visit ramayana. brownpapertickets.com.

TRIBUTE BAND Steel Horse: The Music of Bon Jovi returns to Grillin & Chillin Alehouse.

Steel Horse will perform the greatest hits from the entire Bon Jovi catalog. Saturday, Jun 8, 7-10pm at Grillin & Chillin Alehouse, 401 McCray St,

Hollister. For information, visit steelhorsebonjovi.com.

MUSIC SERIES Morgan Hill’s biggest free concert series, the 2019 Friday Night Music Series–Rockin’ the UpBeat Vibes, runs Fridays through Aug 30. The event features music, booths offering local goods and services, local wines, and free admission and parking. No outside alcohol permitted; beer, wine, food and more are available for purchase on site. All food proceeds from this event will go toward youth scholarships in the community. Friday, Jun 14, 6-9:30pm at Morgan Hill Downtown Amphitheatre, 17000 Monterey Road, Morgan Hill. For information, visit morganhill.org.

SUMMER DANCING San Benito County Arts Council and Hollister Recreation are partnering to present Dance @ Dunne. The community is invited to get moving at a Zumba class every Friday, 5:30-6:15pm during the months of May-July. Participants will also learn a new style of dance each week following Zumba, beginning at 6:15pm. This program is free and all ages and abilities are welcome to attend. Fridays through July 27, 5:30-7:30pm at Dunne Park, 600 West St, Hollister. For information, contact the Arts Council at 636.2787 or info@ sanbenitoarts.org.

FARMERS’ MARKET The Hollister Downtown Association’s Certified Farmers’ Market runs each Wednesday afternoon through Sept 25, featuring fresh produce, flowers and more. This weekly downtown event also features free admission, handcrafted items, information booths, live entertainment and children’s activities. Additionally, specialty goods including organic and gluten-free selections, specialty baked goods and prepared foods will be available. Wednesdays, 3-7:30pm on San Benito Street between Fourth and Seventh streets, Hollister. For information, visit downtownhollister.org/ certified-farmers-market.

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EVENTS

art and history exhibit, “Vote!

Your Vote is Your Voice/¡Vote!

Su Voto es Su Voz,” In Memory of Bob Fitch. The exhibit features selections from Stanford University Libraries, Watsonville voting rights history artifacts and contemporary art expressing the meaning of voting rights from a variety of perspectives. The exhibit can be viewed Wednesday-Sunday, 11am-4pm daily through May 26, at Pajaro Valley Arts, 37 Sudden St, Watsonville. For information, visit pvarts.org.

plenty of artichoke dishes to savor.

The festival also features a wine, beer and spirits garden for guests ages 21 and over, Kids’ Zone with hands-on STEM/STEAM displays and activities and a guided field tour of Castroville’s artichoke fields. Saturday, Jun 1, 10am-6pm and Sunday, Jun 2, 10am-5pm at Monterey County Fair and Event Center, 2004 Fairground Road, Monterey. For tickets and information, visit artichokefestival.org.

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NEW WINDOWS & SLIDERS! 4Br/3Ba including 1Br/1Ba downstairs—a great space for your adult child or parents. Kitchen has granite counters, stainless steel appliances & sink w/garden window. Dinette & patio doors are conveniently located to the outdoor patio space for entertaining & grilling. Upstairs master suite opens to the balcony where you can enjoy your morning coffee & majestic views or at night to gaze at the stars. Come splash in the pool & relax after a day of work in your hot tub.

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26 Years of Helping Buyers and Sellers

2160 Alturas Ct. Hollister Priced to Sell at $649,950

3200 square feet, 4 huge bedrooms 2.5 baths His and her walk-in closets in master suite.

Pool, leased solar, awesome neighborhood!

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REAL ESTATE APARTMENT/ CONDO RENTALS

HOME RENTALS

2/2.5 3/1 3/2 4/4

$1,950 Month/$2,500 Deposit Upstairs apartment Very clean with covered carport.

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15

Modern Medicine, Compassionate Care

for Outstanding Safety Standards

Our 2nd

Score in a Row!

Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital has again earned the nation’s top distinction for patient safety with an “A” grade from the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade. The “A” recognizes our high standards in patient safety. This honor belongs to everyone of our Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital team members, who work everyday for our patients. Congratulations and thank you!

The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade is a public service provided by The Leapfrog Group, an independent nonprofit organization committed to driving quality, safety, and transparency in the U.S. health system. www.hospitalsafetygrade.org

911 Sunset Drive, Hollister ▪ (831) 637-5711 ▪ hazelhawkins.com