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April is National Distracted Driving Awareness Month

April 3, 2026

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Community Foundation for San Benito County’s grant program returns

April 3, 2026

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Hollister’s Rudy Lopez Jr. wins league basketball MVP as freshman

April 2, 2026

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Newly created Migrant Speech & Debate Team makes mark

April 2, 2026

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Acclaimed film fest brings weeklong celebration to South Valley

April 2, 2026

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Hollister’s Rudy Lopez Jr. wins league basketball MVP as freshman

Hollister High School Athletic Director Tod Thatcher oversees a large number of Hollister High sports teams and student-athletes. Year after year, an overwhelming majority...

Acclaimed film fest brings weeklong celebration to South Valley

The acclaimed Poppy Jasper International Film Festival returns to Morgan Hill, Gilroy, Hollister and San Juan Bautista April 8-15. This year’s festival features more...

Construction begins on Union Road repaving project

San Benito County has begun much-needed improvements to a deteriorating, heavily traveled stretch of Union Road around the southwest side of Hollister. County officials this...

Gavilan College hosts free screening of film about influential director

Gavilan College will host a special one-night event May 1 featuring a free public screening of “American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez,” the...

Shooting reported on Meridian Street in Hollister

Police are investigating a March 30 shooting they think was gang-related on the 100 block of Meridian Street in Hollister, according to authorities. About 5:30am,...

Photos: Fun in the streets of San Juan Bautista

Local residents, visitors, families and friends enjoyed sunny skies and mild temperatures this past weekend as they ate, shopped, danced—and otherwise let loose—at the...

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Acclaimed film fest brings weeklong celebration to South Valley

April 2, 2026

The acclaimed Poppy Jasper International Film Festival returns to Morgan Hill, Gilroy, Hollister and San Juan Bautista April 8-15. This year’s festival features more films—and at more venues—and is expected to draw a larger number of filmmakers than any previous edition in the event’s 22-year history. “We really try to...