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Showing posts with label progress. Show all posts
Monday, March 7, 2016

Enjoying the View on Valley View Road

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When I'm riding the bicycle, I like to stop on that stretch of Valley View Road where there's an unobstructed view of the Gabilan...
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Sunday, March 6, 2016

From Open Fields to Blocks of Houses

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This could be the last year that we see Spring in the fields east of Fairview Road, between Hillcrest and Sunnyslope Road. The Santana ...
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Monday, December 28, 2015

Coming Soon: The Fairfield Inn

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A new hotel is going up on Gateway Drive, which is the next intersection after you turn right from Highway 25 towards Downtown Hollister....
Sunday, April 12, 2015

A Sunday Flashback: Not Too Long Ago

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Once upon a time, not too long ago, a couple of horses grazed in that narrow field that ran alongside Black Forest Drive (north of Sunnys...
Saturday, March 28, 2015

Morning, Mustard, Maze, and Musing

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I took a short ride on the bicycle this morning, stopping on Hillcrest Road to take in the sweet view of the yellow mustard and the soon-...
Sunday, February 22, 2015

Downtown Hollister Historic District: 500 San Benito Street

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The former Pendergrass Hotel is the tallest building in the  Downtown Hollister Historic District . Constructed in 1927, this historic bu...
Saturday, December 6, 2014

Changes

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That's Sunnyslope School in the background. I attended Fourth and Fifth grades there several decades ago. I remember looking across t...
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Monday, October 13, 2014

County Courthouse Dedication

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Last Friday afternoon (October 10), the California Superior Court of San Benito County held a public dedication  of its new building ...
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Sunday, September 21, 2014

Cute and Cozy for Now

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After being out and about in the large sprawl of humanity of the Bay Area yesterday, the Husband and I were very happy, and relieved, to ...
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Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Fields of Yellow

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Yup, it's a beautiful view. This field borders the whale park at the east end of Valley View Road.
Tuesday, April 1, 2014

No More Orchards

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That's it! The last orchard on Hillcrest Road is gone. Once upon a time -- at least when I was a kid -- apricot, walnut, and other ...
Saturday, March 29, 2014

Main Street, Not a Highway

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Many years from now, the future old fogeys of Hollister will tell the young'uns how Highway 25 ran through downtown Hollister. "...
Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Name the Highway

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Have you seen the new road signs on Highway 25 yet? The Husband and I saw one yesterday afternoon, as we waited for the light on Hillcr...
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Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Walking Under Fourth Street

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Yesterday, the Husband and I decided to go underground to cross Fourth Street. Huh? you say. Yup. For those who've forgotten, or wh...
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Thursday, November 7, 2013

The New Courthouse

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Did you know that the new courthouse under construction is the fifth one for San Benito County? Yeah, that's news to me, too. I thoug...
Tuesday, August 27, 2013

New Stores Coming Soon

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Who else is surprised how quickly Walgreen's is going up at the corner of Highway 25 and Tres Pinos Road? When they first began const...
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Saturday, January 12, 2013

Twelve Days into 2013

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Dear Take 25 to Hollister readers, hello! Here's my first photo of  2013. I wanted a photo of the big brown bird on top of the cloc...
Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Pinnacles National Park...Soon!

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Last night, the bill to change Pinnacles National Monument to the status of a national park was passed in the Senate. That means that al...
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Sunday, May 6, 2012

Another Perspective of Hollister

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Looking south from the corner of Industrial and Gibbs Drives. See the wall. That runs along Highway 25 between Hillcrest and Sunnyslope. ...
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Thursday, April 26, 2012

Fences

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Old fence. New fence. That's the view from the parking lot of Pacific Harvest Seafoods in San Juan Bautista.
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