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With a knit sweater, purple, pink and green shirt and dangly earrings, Maribel Ramos dressed the part of the artist.

San Benito High School District trustees this week approved new graduation requirements for the freshmen class of 2016-17 that include courses mandated for admission to California State University or University of California schools.

At Anzar High School, less than half—or 46 percent—of the students who set foot on the campus at some point during their high school career graduated from the same site last year, according to a report shared with trustees.

More than a dozen bits of fabric fit together to form a tiny, blue house with a red chimney and yellow windows surrounded by a border of stars and stripes.

Hollister’s Nob Hill is pulling all tobacco products from its shelves in the coming weeks. To recognize the local grocer, Mayor Ignacio Velazquez and the county health department next week will hold an event recognizing the store for its effort.

The freshmen class of 2016-17 at San Benito High School may be in for some drastically different graduation requirements.

Michael Canning was the latest Hollister soldier who returned home to a group of cheering, sign-waving supporters.

Ringing in the New Year means a host of resolutions along with new laws such as those on fracking and social media. Gov. Jerry Brown signed the following into law for 2015:

San Benito County and City of Hollister officials are taking it up a gear by adding bike paths and safer crosswalks near local schools.

The San Benito County 2015 Homeless Census is looking for 25 to 40 volunteers to create a point-in-time count of people living outdoors in January as part of a nationwide effort to quantify homelessness.