Firefighters are continuing to battle the Panoche Fire burning in South San Benito County As of Saturday morning, the fire ...

Panoche Fire initially started 4:10 p.m. Aug. 7 in San Benito County, California. It has burned 330 acres after being active ...

PANOCHE, Calif. – A fast-moving wildfire swelled to 423 acres Friday afternoon in San Benito County, injuring two people and ...

Initial location: Panoche Road, south of Payne Creek, Llanada, San Benito County, Calif. Panoche Fire initially started today ...

San Benito County Jail has signed a $3.5 million contract with Mediko to provide comprehensive healthcare services, marking a ...

August 2, 2025 – San Benito County Sheriff’s Office officials report that they are seeking the community’s assistance in ...

August 3, 2025 – San Benito County Sheriff’s Office officials report that on Saturday, around 11:00 A.M., Sheriff’s Deputies ...

The San Benito County Farm Bureau, the San Benito Chamber of Commerce, and various unions came out against the measure, saying it went too far. The Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 to oppose it.

Ghilarducci said San Benito County has already reached that less than 15% mark for ICU beds and believes it will only be a matter of days before the new ‘Stay-at-Home’ order will go into effect.

San Benito County has rarely been a political battleground of statewide significance. The rural region on the southern edge of Silicon Valley has only 24,000 registered voters.

California’s Placer County, for example, was right behind San Benito with an 8.9 percent increase in housing since 2020. The area northeast of Sacramento now has 188,000 homes.

San Benito County is on the edge of alluring places — the lush Monterey Peninsula is 40 miles to the west, and the wealth centers of San Francisco Bay and Silicon Valley are little more than an ...