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THE LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE OF SAN BENITO COUNTY

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Warrior Serpent A supplement to the Hollister Free Lance

Hollister’s Noe Montoya helps others reconnect with their roots P4

HUMAN BOND Noe Montoya

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has devoted his life to deepening his connection to his heritage through music and encouraging others to do the same.

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Noé Yoacoatl Montoya’s path of cultural self-discovery BY WALLACE BAINE

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e grew up the son of farmworkers in the labor camps of San Benito County. Today, at 64, he lives in a converted labor-camp cabin between Hollister and Pacheco Pass, not far from where he grew up.

performances, he takes the stage with an enormous catalogue of songs grounded in traditional culture, and drawn from the labor movement of the 1960s and ’70s. For both Anglo and Latino audiences, he is a oneman seminar in Mexican song forms.

“I do a little bit of everything,” he says, enjoying the afternoon sunshine in San Juan Bautista. “I sing primarily in Spanish—boleros, rancheras, corridos, social movement songs, comical satire, parodies—a little mix for everybody.”

Steeped in the Chicano performance art of San Juan’s El Teatro Campesino and the socially aware music of Mexican-American icon Lalo Guerrero, Montoya worked for 20 years as an employment counselor for Santa Clara County. Since retiring, he’s devoted his life to deepening his connection to his heritage through music and encouraging others to do the same. ➝4 Robert Eliason

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“This one’s fancy, though,” he laughs. “It’s even got indoor plumbing.”

It’s not surprising to Noé Yoacoatl Montoya that a lifetime after leaving San Benito County, he’s back. What he has learned by diving deeply into his indigenous heritage is that time is not linear, as Western thought teaches, but cyclical. “I’ve come to realize that everything travels in cycles.”

In Montoya’s case, it’s a cycle

arching into the past. As a child, he says, he grew up embarrassed that his parents were farmworkers.

But as a young man, he embraced his Chicano heritage and stood alongside Cesar Chavez and other activists in the struggle for workers’ rights. And in middle age, he turned again to a deeper tradition, his ancestry in the indigenous Mexica (pronounced me-SHE-ca) people of central Mexico.

“I tell people that I speak two foreign languages. They look at me kinda puzzled and I say, ‘Yeah, English and Spanish.’ I’m Mexica.

I’m not Spanish and I’m not English.”

In both of his languages, Montoya has carved out a niche for himself as a musician, singer, storyteller and performer, providing a conscious link both to the UFW labor movement of the 1960s and indigenous culture in Mexico as well.

In schools and in public and private

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where musicians play on residents’ porches as neighbors walk from porch to porch

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Saturday, September 15, 2018

1-6pm • Hanna St (between 3rd & 6th St) SCHEDULE OFand PERFORMERS Folding chairs, blankets, coolers are welcome!

No alcohol • Pack it in - Pack it out • Residences are not open to the public 1 – 2pm Thank you South Valley Symphony, a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization 365 5th St.to our sponsors:Classic Echoes Rock and Alternative The Gilroy BusinessScholtz Association, a registeredHarpist 501(c)(3) • V.F.W. Post #6309 7551 Hanna St.Downtown Pamela 7441 Hanna St. Cook ‘N Fenny Folk, Blues & Classic Rock 7631 Hanna St. Gilroy Ukulele Jam Folk, Traditional & Contemporary 2 – 3pm 7541 Hanna St. 366 5th St. 7431 Hanna St.

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3 – 4pm 7571 Hanna St. 410 5th St. 7441 Hanna St. 7631 Hanna St. 4 – 5pm 7550 Hanna St. 366 5th St. 440 4th St. 7451 Hanna St. 5 – 6pm 7580 Hanna St. 7461 Hanna St.

Dan Beck Band Bluer than Blue Garlic City Jazz

Jazz and Blues Bluegrass & Country Western Jazz, Bebop & Hard Rock (CHS band) Eclectic Blues

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Bluemusicians Jazz where play on Jazz residents’ Mad Adore Classic Rock to Current Hits porches as neighbors walk Alpine Duo German/Austrian Folk music from porch to porch Wrench Punk Rock Behind the Barn B & G Band Cowboy Gil Dahveed Behroozi Trio

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Saturday, September 15, 2018 Train Wreck Rock Band

Tom DrakeSt (between Rock 1-6pm • Hanna 3rd & 6th St)

Folding chairs, blankets, and coolers are welcome!

No alcohol • Pack it in - Pack it out • Residences are not open to the public Thank you to our sponsors: South Valley Symphony, a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization The Gilroy Downtown Business Association, a registered 501(c)(3) • V.F.W. Post #6309

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A FREE Family-Oriented Musical Walkabout SAN BENITO BEGINNINGS Born in Texas, Montoya’s parents were

migrant workers until 1959, when they put down roots in Hollister.

“I’ve been blessed to travel, to meet other artists and all kinds of people.

Everyone is my teacher and hopefully, I can be their teacher as well.”

In challenging times, in a divided nation, when race and culture are at the center of so much political speech, Montoya believes he is in a position to build bridges between people.

A few years ago, he visited Nashville for the first time and found himself in a country bar, convinced that white country music wasn’t his thing. “That was my bigotry coming out a little bit,” he says. But he watched a young country musician on stage and was struck by the similarities between American country music and the ranchera tradition of Mexican music. Later, he was coaxed on stage himself, a bit wary on how his Chicano act would fly in Tennessee.

“I sang one of Lalo Guerrero’s parody songs in English,” he remembers, “and they loved it.

They wanted more. So I said, ‘I’m going to sing this one in Spanish,’ and I did one of the romantic ballads. Well, they wanted more after that, too. I wound up playing a 40-minute set, all of rancheras and corridos. Afterward, this older gentleman comes up to me and said, ‘I didn’t understand what you were saying, but I could feel what you were saying. Can I buy you a beer?’

It’s a universal language.”

Montoya was born in Texas, in a border town called San Juan in the Rio Grande Valley. His parents were migrant workers until 1959, when they put down roots in Hollister. Growing up with other kids in the labor camps, “we all looked the same and played together and we went to the same school.” But when his parents sent him away to the local school with other kids, “I stood out like sore thumb. All these other kids were wearing better clothes. They had little metal lunch pails. I had a paper bag with grease stains.”

The boy’s shame was acute. But as he matured, he came around to see the nobility of his parents’ work. He even apologized to them.

It was as a teen when he first came in contact with El Teatro Campesino, which had grown out of theatrical productions in the fields of the Delano grape strike. He first saw ETC at Gavilan College in 1969, a couple of years before the company moved permanently to San Juan Bautista.

“They were doing these skits, which were hilarious but educational. I immediately fell in love with it.” From there, his activism emerged through his performance chops—largely inspired by ETC director Daniel Valdez—as he sang and demonstrated for the United Farm Workers. In 1973, performing at a UFW convention in ➝ 6

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MEDIEVAL JOUST Enjoy

Renaissance-era food, music, performances and crafts at the Ren Faire beginning Sept. 15.

OUT & ABOUT

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GILROY

SANTA CLARA VALLEY

RENAISSANCE FAIRE

CHICKEN FESTIVAL

ORGANIC RESEARCH

FALL PASSPORT

Step back in time to Renaissance Europe and enjoy hearty ales, fine foods and handmade crafts.

Hundreds of costumed performers roam the streets and act on five different stages. Don’t miss the exciting new Tournament of Horses. The Northern California Renaissance Faire at Casa de Fruta will be held Sept. 15 - Oct. 14 on Saturdays and Sundays only from 10am-6pm at 10021 Pacheco Pass Highway. For information and tickets, visit norcalrenfaire.com.

The whole family is invited to the San Juan Bautista Chicken Festival featuring a chicken cook-off, live music and dancing–including the chicken dance, and a Chicken Queen coronation. Enjoy live chicken displays presented by the local 4-H Club, a crowing contest, children’s activities, vendor and merchant booths, raffles and much more. Sunday, Sept. 16, 10am-5pm in Downtown San Juan Bautista on Third St. For more information, call Naomi Medina, 831.801.5404.

The public is invited to the Second Annual Gilroy On-Farm Organic Research Field Day, a free event featuring a tour and in-field presentation on the second year of an extensive on-farm organic tomato breeding project. Also tour several types of seed production crops and a variety of testing trial crops. Sunday, Sept. 16, 1-5pm at Berry Island Farm, 10833 Watsonville Road.

For information and to RSVP, visit tinyurl.com/yb278gdz.

Join the Wineries of Santa Clara Valley for an exciting month of wine tasting along the Santa Clara Valley WIne Trail during Fall Passport 2018. Throughout the month of September meet the talented winemakers and enjoy complimentary wine tasting, other surprises and special perks at the tasting rooms of more than 30 wineries along the Santa Clara Valley Wine Trail.

Enjoy Fall Passport 2018 through Sept. 30. For more information and online tickets or a list of local ticket sellers, visit santaclarawines.com.

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Rock Concert Series FREE Every Saturday GROUNDWORK Montoya embraced his Chicano heritage and stood alongside Cesar Chavez in the struggle for workers’ rights.

Southern California, he first met Cesar Chavez, already an iconic figure in the Chicano movement.

“My initial thought,” laughs Montoya, “is that I expected to see a man who was 10 feet tall. But he’s shorter than me. And I thought, ‘How could this little man scare the crap out of so many politicians?’”

Montoya grew friendly with Chavez, marched with him and even occasionally found himself on stage alongside the movement leader. When Chavez died in 1993, “I didn’t just lose a hero, I lost a friend. I told myself that I need to do what I can to keep his name alive, whenever possible, introduce some songs and talk about him briefly.”

In recent years, Montoya has found even deeper connections by exploring his indigenous ancestry, tracing his roots to the Mexica people. The Mexica came out of the Valley of Mexico at the site of present-day Mexico City, and the native language is Nahuatl.

It is through his association with teacher and spiritual leader Ocelocoatl Ramirez that Montoya took on a new name—Yaocoatl, which translates to “Warrior Serpent.”

“The most uncomfortable times are when I talk to people from Mexico who know even less than I do,” he says about his efforts to talk about the legacy of the Mexica. “They don’t even realize they

are indigenous. We have to pique their interest, especially the young people. Young Chicanos today, a lot of them are lost. They have no identity. They identify with other groups because that’s what they see every day, the whole gang mentality. North vs. south. Why? What are you fighting for? What are you defending? You come from a rich heritage. Your ancestors created temples that reach to the sky, without the wheel or domesticated animals. Once I start sharing that with them, then you see a real sense of pride.”

From his home base in Hollister, Montoya will continue to perform in schools, where he’ll often bring in a variety of musical instruments from Mexica tradition for the kids to play with. He also performs songs from the labor movement for general audiences at events such as the recent Aromas Day celebration.

And he’ll continue to learn about his place in the cosmos, in English, Spanish and Nahuatl, all keeping in mind his roots in the field.

“I will continue to talk about the life of the farmworker,” he says.

“You drive past them every day and you don’t even see them. They’re invisible. At least, as you’re driving, just say thank you. That’s all. You don’t have to do anything more.

Just send that energy of love and respect. It’s a simple gesture. But it means a lot.”

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GEOCACHE BASH

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The seventh annual Geocache Bash is a family friendly event created for those who love Geocaching and have a 4x4 interest at heart. Attendees of all levels of 4x4 experience are encouraged to head out to enjoy a true jewel in California State Parks Off Highway Vehicle Division and will enjoy a free lunch and raffle. With the addition of Mudstone Ranch individuals without a 4x4 vehicle will have a designated area to hunt for caches via hiking or bicycle. The bash will be held on Saturday, Sept. 22, 8am-2:30pm at Hollister Hills SVRA Upper Ranch, 7800 Cienega Road, Hollister. Visit, tinyurl.com/yafozrsh.

HOLLISTER BOSTON TRIBUTE Sing, dance and rock out to all the great anthems of the band Boston as

Don’t Look Back:The Boston Experience takes the stage at Hollister Concerts at Pepper Tree Ranch. Don’t Look Back: The Boston Experience is an incredible

re-creation of the rock band Boston, playing all the famous hits complete with all the looks, costumes and sound. Opening performance by 4NR Tribute to Foreigner. Barbecue items, beer, wine and soda will be available for purchase. Saturday, Sept. 15, 6:30-9:30pm at Pepper Tree Ranch, 500 John Smith Road.

For information and tickets, visit hollisterconcerts.com.

HISTORICAL PRESENTATION Discover the Anderson family, how they traveled from Scotland to San Benito County and the role they played in the history of the community as San Benito County Historical Society presents “The

Anderson Story: Scotland to San Benito.” Enjoy a 30-minute video, photo presentation and artifacts.

Refreshments will be provided, and guests are encouraged to arrive early as seating is limited to 35. Wednesday, Sept. 26, 7-9pm at 498 Fifth St. For more information, visit tinyurl.com/ yaqfnclx.

SAN JUAN BAUTISTA HAND APPLIQUE Take an opportunity to slow down, step away from the sewing machine and try sewing something by hand. In the Hand Applique

NUTCRACKER AUDITIONS

Join San Benito Dance Academy at open auditions for the 2018 production of The Nutcracker. The 2018 show dates are Saturday, Dec. 15 and Sunday, Dec. 16, with a dress rehearsal on Friday, Dec. 14. Auditions will be held for a cast ages 2 to adult on Friday, Sept. 21 and Saturday, Sept. 22 at San Benito Dance Academy, 101 McCray St, Hollister. For information on The Nutcracker experience and a full audition schedule, visit sanbenitodanceacademy.com.

GILROY BOUTIQUE WINEMAKING Enjoy an evening of hands-on instruction in the making of La Vie Dansante Wines. Get those hands dirty while learning about harvest, crush pad operations,

fermentation, pressing and aging.

Class will be taught in the winery and on the crush pad and includes the lecture and two glasses of wine to sip on while working. Thursday, Sept. 20, 6:30-9pm at La Vie Dansante Wines, 3200 Dryden Ave. For tickets and information, visit tinyurl.com/ybovthcf.

CHANGE MAKERS Don’t miss Youth Alliance’s marquee fundraising event, 2018 Change Makers, featuring entertainment, raffles, auctions, tastings and opportunities to support youth in the community. This year’s event will also include a celebration of Change Makers and a special recognition of a nominated

Join The Veterans of Foreign Wars CA District 12 at their second annual Golf Tournament, a four-person scramble including tee prizes, golf cart, raffles, dinner and awards presentation. Enjoy great prizes for winning golf teams and over the top raffle prizes and silent auction opportunities. Proceeds benefit VFW DIstrict 12. The tournament will be held on Friday, Sept.

21, 9am-8pm at San Juan Oaks Golf Club, 3825 Union Road, Hollister. For more information and player registration, visit tinyurl.com/y78fr5jq.

community member for their outstanding work. Saturday, Sept.

22, 4-8pm at Willey Cultural Center, 140 Fifth St. For tickets and information, visit site.youthall. org.

BROADWAY COMEDY Enjoy a celebration of theatre at its best— and theater people behaving their not so best—in the fall comedy, It’s Only a Play, directed by Kevin Heath. In this production, Peter Austin’s career is on the line on opening night of his new play as he waits to see if his show is a hit with a group of theater folks.

Fridays and Saturdays, Sept.

7-29, 8pm at Limelight Actors Theater, 7341 Monterey St. For

tickets and more information, visit limelightactorstheater.com or call 408.472.3292.

MORGAN HILL NATURAL SCIENCE Help the Open Space Authority learn how life on the Open Space Preserves changes over time by collecting valuable scientific research data on a smartphone or tablet. Join OSA staff and docents for a fun and engaging citizen science experience and learn how to identify and catalog plants and animals in the iNaturalist application. Sunday, Sept. 23, 8-noon at Rancho Canada del Oro Open Space Preserve, ➝ 13

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class, participants will learn how to use freezer paper to create templates, a glue stick to prepare applique pieces so that all edges are finished and how to create the applique stitch. Learn how to hand applique Saturday, Sept.

15, 10:30am-2:30pm at Family Threads Quilt Shop, 107 The Alameda. For more information, visit familythreadsquiltshop.com.

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White grape The oldest of grapes dates back to the 1500s By LAURA NESS

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Slater is a big fan of Chateauneuf-du-Papes, and clairette is one of their allowed varietals. He first planted it in 2011, mostly to replace marsanne, which he found to be an oxidative pain in the butt. He loves the floral quality of clairette blanche, describing the grape as “very Victorian in style, with dark green on the front face and a whitish backside, giving it an old-fashioned appearance in the cool dusky evening light.”

And now, the wine. Exuding aromas of grilled pineapple, mango and kumquats, it has layer upon layer of juicy Comice pear, pluot, white peach, grapefruit and starfruit. The sorbet-like acidity is utterly refreshing. It finishes like a mango custard creamsicle, complete with that last lick of stick.

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t’s no secret that Rhone varietals thrive here in the Santa Clara Valley, and many wineries are highlighting them, including Creekview, LaVie Dansante and Lion Ranch. It’s exciting to see picpoul blanc and cinsault on wine lists.

Tim Slater of Sarah’s Vineyard has a very unusual white Rhone blend called Madonne Blanc. The 2016 is made of 61 percent roussanne, 17 percent grenache blanc, 17 percent clairette blanche and 5 percent picpoul blanc. Never heard of clairette blanche? You’re not alone.

It’s among the oldest of white grapes, dating back to the 1500s. Considered an up and comer in the Rhône and Languedoc regions of France today, it was quite popular in California in the 1800s, but fell out of favor.

The Barragan Family Health Care and Diabetes Center will allow Hazel Hawkins Hospital to better serve community members suffering from the impacts of diabetes-related health issues.

It will provide comprehensive diabetes care for adults ages 18

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9 Hollister-Gilroy Area office at the free senior driver education class, Age Well Drive Smart.

The presentation is designed to help senior drivers continue to drive safely. The curriculum also addresses aging and its effects on safe driving, maintaining good physical health, safe driving strategies and more. The DMV is also normally on hand to answer questions related to the license re-exam process. The Age Well Drive Smart presentation will be held Thursday, Sept. 20, 1:304:30pm at the Gilroy Library, 350 W. Sixth St, Gilroy. For more information, visit tinyurl.com/ y866ssq5.

MOONLIGHT RIDE

Equestrians are invited to bring their horses on a Moonlight Ride at Hunting Hollow. The evening begins with a potluck dinner and continues with an easy easy 6-mile ride to the end of the hollow and back. Bring a dish to share and personal drink, place setting, chair and jacket. Saturday, Sept.

22, 6pm at Henry W. Coe State Park Hunting Hollow Entrance and Parking Lot, Gilroy. Horse manure in the parking lot must be picked up and hauled out. Visit coepark.net.

EVENTS DOG HIKE Explore nature at night on trails surrounded by redwoods with a canine companion and fellow dog owners at the A New Leash on

Life Dog Hike at Mt. Madonna.

Wear layered clothes and sturdy shoes and bring flashlights and insect repellent Saturday, Sept. 15, 7-8:30pm at Mt. Madonna County Park, Park Office, 7850 Pole Line Road, Watsonville. For information, call 408.842.2341.

DRIVE SMART Join The California Highway Patrol’s

SPOOKY FUN Bring the whole family to Gardens@Night Halloween at Gilroy Gardens and experience a spooky-but-nottoo-scary Halloween event as the park is lit up in a mysterious glow illuminating the gardens. Rides will not be in operation, but little ones can trick or treat, explore the Spider’s Lair or take a ride on at Ghost Train. Don’t miss the Marketplace filled with specialty food, craft beer and Halloween crafts and games for the kids.

Friday, Sept. 21, 7-10pm at Gilroy Gardens, 3050 Hecker Pass Hwy, Gilroy. For more information, visit gilroygardens.org.

TOAST & JAM All musicians are welcome to head to Crēdo Studio for Toast & Jam. Attendees will enjoy meeting to eat toast and jam, and then hanging out—to jam.

PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION The photography exhibition “Our World in Pictures,” presented by Gilroy Center for the Arts, features local photographers sharing their work and will be on display through Sept. 29. Entrance to the gallery is always free, Tuesday through Friday, 2-5pm and Saturday, 11am-2pm at the Gilroy Center for the Arts, 7341 Monterey St, Gilroy. For more information, visit gilroycenterforthearts.com.

TAMAL FESTIVAL Don’t miss the fifth annual CARAS Tamal Festival, presented by the Community Agency for Resources, Advocacy and Services. Attendees will enjoy tamale vendors and a Low Rider, Harley and Bicycle Show. Other festival activities include a Kids Zone, arts and crafts vendors and resource tables. Sunday, Oct. 7, 11am-7pm in Downtown Gilroy.

For more information, visit tamalfestival.com.

RACE REGISTRATION Register today for the 2018 Morgan Hill Run & Bike Festival and choose between the Full or Half Marathon, 10k, 5k Fun Run/ Walk or Kids Run. A Corporate Challenge, Team & Club Challenge and Virtual races are also available.

Festivities kick off on Saturday, Oct. 20 with the 10am Lifestyle Expo and 11am Kids Run. The full marathon begins Sunday, Oct. 21 at 6:30am, the half marathon at 7am, 10k at 7:15 and the 10k starts at 7:30am. All races begin and end at the Morgan Hill Community Park, 171 W. Edmundson Ave. For more information and to register, visit mhmarathon.com.

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PARKS CHALLENGE Get outside and get engaged in healthy activities this summer with the REACH San Benito County Adventure Parks Challenge.

This free game is hosted by the San Benito Parks Foundation and invites teams of two to four players to sign up and participate in outdoor adventures in any one of the regional parks, with the winners receiving prizes. Take the challenge through Thursday, Sept.

20 at San Benito County Regional Parks. For more information, visit reachsanbenito.org.

Crēdo Studio is a center for the arts that offers musicians a place to play and has a piano, drum kit and some percussion instruments available for Toast & Jam sessions.

Attendees are also encouraged to bring their own instruments.

Drop in for some toast and jam Saturday, Sept. 22, 10am-2pm at Crēdo Studio, 1 Polk St, San Juan Bautista. For more information, visit tinyurl.com/yd8ul5ph.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

339 Seventh St., Ste. B, Hollister

CALL 831.637.9273

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Modern Medicine, Compassionate Care

A LETTER TO OUR COMMUNITY Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital has served Hollister for 110 years. But we believe our present is more important than our past. We have grown to offer San Benito County hundreds of health services across multiple locations. We invite you to get to know Hazel Hawkins Hospital today.

Today, more than 20 different Hazel Hawkins facilities serve our community, including a Multi-Specialty Care Center, Orthopedic and Joint Center, Ambulatory Surgery Center, the Barragan Family Diabetes Center, and Focus Sports Therapy. We also operate two skilled nursing facilities, four community clinics, and four laboratories.

At our main hospital, located at 911 Sunset Drive in Hollister, Hazel Hawkins Emergency Room doctors and staff welcome you 24-hours a day, offering convenience and the advanced services you need in an emergency. The Hazel Hawkins Women’s Center is a state-of-the-art center for a miraculous stage of life…the beginning.

Other vital services include home health care, physical therapy and rehabilitation, pediatrics, primary care, and internal medicine. Wherever you go, Hazel Hawkins’ top-tier specialists and staff excel in modern medicine and compassionate care.

Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital has continually adapted to meet our patients’ changing healthcare needs, adding satellite facilities and specialties wherever we see a need. Our goal is to provide San Benito County with comprehensive healthcare services, eliminating the need to travel long distances for care.

Although Hazel Hawkins Hospital is not for sale, we believe joining with a capable partner will lead to an even higher level of healthcare services and specialties for our steadily growing community.

To ensure San Benito County has the most robust, sustainable health system possible, we believe the next smart step is partnering with another forward-thinking healthcare system. Although Hazel Hawkins Hospital is not for sale, we believe joining with a capable partner will lead to an even higher level of healthcare services and specialties for our steadily growing community.

Our community agrees — in a recent poll of San Benito County residents conducted by J. Wallin Opinion Research company, 82% of residents polled felt that a partnership with a larger health system would help their community. The goal of any future partnership is to increase patient resources and strengthen financial stability so that our community remains in good hands.

We aim to provide more specialists, create economies of scale, and better streamline our patient care services.

Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital has always looked after our community and taken proactive steps to address changes in healthcare that affect not only our community but the whole country. We are committed to making sure healthcare in San Benito County remains strong today and into the future.

Ken Underwood CEO

Mary McCullough President of the Board of Directors

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