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The long rolls of turf to the left of this house are about to become the green lawn of Hollister resident Kathy Provost’s dreams. But the grass is not the kind Provost thought she would cultivate on the family’s country property.

Alex Pena lives along the San Benito River bed with his “so-called other half,” as he put it. He and other homeless residents have pitched tents in a spot along the riverbed entering Hollister off San Juan Road that has become increasingly visible to traffic on the west-side gateway.

San Benito High School trustees accepted an independent audit of their finances at their regular meeting this week in which the firm highlighted more than $1 million that was not on the books.

Even though they signed it in closing documents on their properties, about 60 percent of private owners living right near utility gas lines don’t even know it.

A single female insect known to be a pest to citrus plants was found in Hollister, and now the hunt is on to find out if there are more.

Calfire has declared a burn ban for San Benito and Monterey counties due to drought conditions, according to a statement from the state agency.

Panelists answered the following: Should farmers be spared from the state’s mandatory 25 percent cut in water use as ordered by the governor?

Hollister’s Maria Lezama just might be the neighborhood mom.

Citadel Exploration has dropped its lawsuit against the county over the Measure J lawsuit, according to the Center for Biological Diversity.

Anyone who waters more than twice a week, showers the sidewalk or uses a decorative fountain without recirculating the H2O are among residents who will be in violation of new restrictions once they are officially in place.