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The Santa Cruz County Fair took place Sept. 16-20, welcoming visitors to a vibrant world of “Apple Pies and Starry Skies.” A crowd of more than 100 watched the ribbon-cutting ceremony after hearing welcoming words and gratitude for those who made it happen. Visitors and...

The San Benito High School District announced on Monday that the remainder of Hollister High School’s varsity football season has been canceled due to an ongoing review of “a matter involving members of the varsity football program.”  The announcement comes less than a week after...

Margot Tankersley has been making homemade candy and serving frozen treats out of Margot’s  Ice Cream Parlor in San Juan Bautista for more than 30 years. With the help of a PG&E grant program aimed at small businesses, she plans to be able to...

Maybe the struggling San Francisco Giants should call up Hollister’s Ashlee Io. With shortstop Willy Adames on the injured list, the club could use someone with superb defensive skills at short and Io’s combination offense of a high batting average, power and speed. Baseball? The...

Fact-checking Hollister Free Lance; fact-checking Gilroy Dispatch; fact-checking Morgan Hill Times? About those articles that you published about transit having a “balanced budget,” so claimed by the Gilroy City Councilman/VTA Public Sector Transit Advocate. Are you going to let them make such false statements?  Moreover, make...

The Free Lance photo on page 8 of the Sept. 4 edition (“Hollister voters push for Urban Growth Boundary”) depicts people from the grass of lawns and pastures making real grass work function. Here shows the people who want to save Hollister.  Sure, Hollister can...

Baler Nation was thrilled with two season-opening wins. But Soledad and Everett Alvarez were a level below Hollister and the Sept. 11 match with powerhouse Wilcox would be a real test. Test passed. And how. Or wow.  The Baler defense carried the day by forcing five...

The Latino Generations Scholarship Committee will celebrate its 10th anniversary Oct. 10 with an evening honoring the students, families, donors and volunteers of San Benito County who have supported the scholarship program since its founding. The “A Decade of Student Success” celebration will be held...

The San Benito High School District said on Sept. 10 it has placed Hollister High School football coach Thomas Sullivan on administrative leave while the district conducts an investigation related to the football program. Longtime former Hollister High football coach Chris Cameron has been named...

After two years of struggles, the Gavilan Rams’ men's soccer team has turned things around. Coach Ivan Bastida’s Rams are off to a 3-0-1 start and the defense is shining. Gavilan opened the season on Aug. 28 down south at Antelope Valley. In a feisty...