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A longtime local resident is suspected of stealing tens of thousands of dollars from her parents by using their credit card and writing fraudulent checks on such expenses as rent, utilities and a cash-advance outlet in town, according to a sheriff’s detective who shared details of the case.

In the rolling green hills just outside of Hollister, 16 students in suits, skirts and bow ties waved pink, green and white posters and prepared for a march honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

More than two months after the spring 1988 arrest of an innocent suspect for the Easter weekend murder of 21-year-old Martha Delarosa in the farm town of Hollister, investigators finally found a clue leading to the wrongfully jailed man’s release and an eventual conviction for the actual killer, Gustavo Marlow.

Supervisor Robert Rivas gets to take his turn as county board chairman in 2016.

San Benito County supervisors Tuesday evening are set to choose a new chair and vice chair of the board at a special meeting.

Hollister officials are ready to start promoting Pinnacles National Park to people entering and living in the city.

The Free Lance reprinted this excerpt from the T.S. Hawkins book—"Some Recollections of a Busy Life"—with permission from the publisher, McSweeney's.

Here is a sampling of the biggest stories during the past year in San Benito County as reported by the Free Lance:

The red, white and blue of the Confederate flag located on private property off Southside Road in rural Hollister will be coming down this evening, said its owner, Michael Zgragen.