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The end of the year, especially one as chaotic as 2017, is often a time for reflection. The Free Lance asked all members of the...

Hollister council members Monday received a report on ways to treat the city’s industrial wastewater facility, including the once proposed floating island concept. In February...

Hollister council members Monday appointed Jim Gillio to the open seat representing District 4. Gillio is expected to be sworn in on May 1. Council...

Marijuana was on the minds of many during this week’s Hollister City Council meeting. Nine community members spoke on the local medical marijuana ordinance during...

The local cities and county’s attempt to cooperate through a special committee isn’t going as smoothly as planned. Hollister Councilman Ray Friend shared his frustrations...

City Manager Bill Avera reported on the 2016 Hollister Motorcycle Rally at this week's city council meeting and prompted concern from council members about...

Hollister City Council members Monday voted 4-1 in support of making a decision by Sept. 19 on a new Medicinal Marijuana Administrative Ordinance that...

With controversy sprouting, Hollister council members plan to move ahead on official consideration of a medicinal marijuana ordinance at their next meeting Monday. The item...

Hollister resident Aurelio Zuniga was among the speakers at Monday’s public hearing over the proposed spike in water rates over the next five years. Unlike other residents, though, he said he was not there to protest the water rates, which would double over a five-year period to pay for a series of improvement projects.

The Gilroy Police Department may not arrest the man who fled the scene after his pit bull attacked a dachshund in the First Street Starbucks parking lot on Thursday morning, causing the small dog to be euthanized, and causing severe non-life threatening injuries to its owner.