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When classes end for the summer, those receiving subsidized school breakfasts and lunches may start to feel the pangs of hunger.

Roller derby is back in a big way, and women are at the head of the pack.

Jo Wahdan, an influential figure in the evolution of the San Benito County Free Library who launched the adult literacy and bookmobile programs and led the institution into the digital age, has died. She was 78.

Free Lance columnist Sonora Vasquez opens up about the possible implications from Ireland's historic vote on same-sex marriage. Vasquez asks the question: Is this the gateway?

When wind blows across Aromas resident Rich Mockabee’s backyard, it buzzes with life. That’s because Mockabee owns dozens of pale, yellow crates holding millions of bees.

San Benito County supervisors Tuesday set in motion an increase in the mosquito abatement fee from $10.90 to $11.22 per single-family equivalent.

Despite no related agenda items listed on two issues—a possible closure of Nash Road near the high school and homeless residents living along the San Benito River bed—county supervisors Tuesday held extended talks on the topics.

County supervisors Tuesday agreed to make a case that San Benito is too small and inefficient to handle a new organic waste program by next year.

Gov. Jerry Brown’s May revision of the state budget means additional money for classified staff and teachers in the Hollister School District in the form of a one-time lump sum equivalent to 4.5 percent of their earnings.

The 68^th Annual State Convention of California State LULAC ended with the adoption of a comprehensive agenda of bringing California State LULAC to the forefront of activity in the areas of civil rights, education, and immigration reform, at the state and national level.