Tag: san benito county
County still on track for jail funding
State pledges $15 million for expansion with 1 percent local match, though construction won’t start for a few years
El Teatro a starting point for filmmaker from San Juan
San Juan native Akira Boch premieres movie ‘The Crumbles’ in San Francisco at Asian film festival
Guest view: The abnormal-normal local economy
If you live anywhere in San Benito County, you have a $8.5 million budget shortage consisting of a $3.5 million deficit in Hollister and a $5.0 million county deficit - like it or not, both will affect everyone - we’re joined at the hip.
Judge denies convicted molester’s motion for new trial
Jonathan Fidone, the Hollister man convicted of molesting a 19-month-old child, is set for a sentence hearing after a judge ruled against his motion for a new trial.
News Analysis: Hollister pays area’s top CalPERS rates
The City of Hollister is saddled with two of the region’s highest CalPERS employer contribution rates now and into the future with costs exceeding more than $3.1 million next year, according an analysis of 24 local area valuation reports.
Guest View: Where are unions too powerful?
One of the Hollister Free Lance Water Cooler panelists was quoted in the paper as saying “Unions, which were a god send to working people in the past have become too powerful today.”
Guest View: To ‘B’ (bond) or not to ‘B’
“To be, or not to be — that is the question: Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune or to take arms against a sea of troubles and by opposing end them.” Isn’t Shakespeare great! And isn’t this still the question, to “B” or not to “B”?
