THE LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE OF SAN BENITO COUNTY
SEPTEMBER 7, 2018
A supplement to the Hollister Free Lance
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Homicide is first in Hollister this year POLICE SAY NO WITNESSES TALKED ABOUT THE SHOOTING By Barry Holtzclaw Managing Editor
Robert Eliason
In a fatal shooting in Hollister that police say is possibly gang-related, eyewitnesses aren’t talking. Police said Ronald Molina, a 39-year-old from Hollister, died on Aug. 29 in a Monterey County trauma center from multiple gunshot wounds in an Aug. 23 attack. As of Sept. 4, Hollister police reported no arrests in what is now the city’s first homicide of 2018. On Aug. 22 at 4:24pm, officers were dispatched to the 200 block of Santa Ana Road. There were reports of shots fired, then subsequent reports that a man had been shot. The victim, later identified as Molina, had been transported to Hazel Hawkins Hospital by a private citizen, police said. The Hollister man was later flown to a trauma center in Monterey County because of the severity of his injuries.
KITCHEN CULTURE Madaline Andresson, Ruth Lemmon, Kimberley Wright partake in Living History Days, demonstrating what types of
food were commonly prepared during the early days in California at Living History Days, Saturday, Sept. 1.
Connecting cultures in San Juan Any curious soul who’s ever wondered how an Californian settler lived, need only venture down to the San Juan Bautista State Historic Park on the first Saturday of each month to head back to the early days of San Juan. Reminiscent of days gone by, costumed docents adorn themselves head-to-toe in garb of mountain men and women, Civil War-era soldiers and even Victorian ladies—all engaged in some historical craft or demonstration.
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Robert Eliason
REENACTED COUPLE Jean and Glen Koehl in
earlier American attire during the monthly Living History Days in San Juan Bautista, on Saturday, Sept. 1.
The park also makes accessible the Zanetta family home, the Plaza Stables as well as the Plaza Hotel Saloon, where guests can view vintage furniture, old-fashioned horse-drawn vehicles or enjoy an old-fashioned soda—a cool treat reserved especially for the first Saturday of the month.
For more information, visit parks.ca.gov.
County websites still dealing with virus 100 DESKTOP COMPUTERS BACK ONLINE By Jaqueline McCool Reporter
As of Aug. 31, San Benito County officials said more than 100 county computers were back online, nearly two weeks after all were shut down to protect vital databases from a computer virus.
County Emergency Services Manager, Kevin O’Neill said in a new press release that email services for county officials may still be offline. The problems began on Aug. 18 when the San Benito County Information Technology Department took all county computers offline after identifying a virus that had permeated the system.
A press release sent by O’Neill 10 days later said the virus had been in a “phishing” email that had spread throughout county sites before it was identified by the IT Department The Aug. 28 press release said, “There is no evidence that personal data, employee information or public related material, were compromised and personnel
continue to work diligently to bring all county systems back online.” O’Neill wrote, “County email servers have been brought back online and are accessible to employees who are logged onto a clean computer that is connected to the county network. Employees are unable to access email through smartphone applications or the web at
this time, and as a result, some County employees may still not be able to access their email.” After the virus was identified on Aug. 18, county IT officials chose to take sites offline to ensure the virus did not continue to spread. The steps to get each portal and email working has been slow to ➝ Website, 13
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