Tag: politics
Morris-Lopez, Jordan, Sabathia lead San Juan Bautista council election
In the race for three seats on the San Juan Bautista City Council, Jackie Morris-Lopez continues to lead the field with 22.61%, or 346...
Zanger’s lead grows in District 1 vote count
In the election for District 1 San Benito County Supervisor, Dom Zanger appears set to edge out incumbent Betsy Dirks, who was appointed to...
Abortion law soars ahead, casino betting props appear doomed in Nov....
Proposition 1 — Abortion
With early returns beginning to come in, Californians appear to be giving broad support to Proposition 1, which would place into...
South Valley Democrats lead in U.S. Congress balloting
The incumbent members of Congress representing portions of Santa Clara and San Benito counties—Anna Eshoo, Ro Khanna, Zoe Lofgren and Jimmy Panetta, all of...
Board urges voters to reject ballot measure
The San Benito County Board of Supervisors last week approved a resolution stating its opposition to local ballot Measure Q, and some have wondered...
Meet the candidates: Hollister City Council District 3
In the Nov. 8 election for the Hollister City Council District 3 seat, incumbent Dolores Morales will face small business owner Rosalinda Sanchez.
Morales was...
Meet the candidates: District Attorney
The elected district attorney is the county’s top prosecutor of criminal cases in San Benito County. The DA leads an office of 17 employees,...
Gilroy woman sentenced to jail for role in U.S. Capitol breach
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., sentenced Mariposa Castro, of Gilroy, to 45 days in jail Feb. 23 for her participation in the breach...
Shawn Herrera: County Board of Education Candidate
Shawn Herrera’s passion for education runs deep because he knows firsthand the profound effect a quality education can have on individuals.
Kosmicki: Ideas you won’t hear from local candidates
In honor of an election year, here’s a 25-point plan for political change in the county that you probably won’t hear a peep about between now and November:
