Letter: Thank you, voters
On behalf of the 63 volunteers who make up our grassroots group, Campaign to Protect San Benito, we’d like to send a huge “THANK YOU” to the voters of San Benito County who signed our initiative petition to slow the growth in our county. With the...
Letter: Downtown sign worth the cost?
I am not a fan of Randy Logue’s too frequent publications on your opinion page. But it was this line that caught my eye: “WE ARE NOT SALINAS.” Hollister can “boast” that it has an ugly sign just like the one in downtown Salinas...
Four days of fire, art, music, camping and fun
Adhering to its theme this year, “Absurdia,” the 14th annual unSCruz gathering packed the San Benito County Fairgrounds April 30-May 3.
From colorful acrobatic exhibitions and dazzling eateries, to obscure towering sculpture constructs and crazy roving vehicles, the night and day extravaganza offered guests—many who...
Balers shoot for the top
Hollister girls basketball is on a roll and they want it to continue. The Balers had hit a bit of a dry spell since the league championship team of 2007-08, but that has changed.
“The last two years, we split for the league title with...
South Valley officials vow to oppose federal plan for ICE facility in Gilroy
Santa Clara County officials, community organizers and residents gathered at the county government center in San Jose May 14 to oppose a federal plan to build an immigration detention facility on agricultural land just outside Gilroy city limits, vowing to fight the project in...
CA legislators discuss youth fentanyl OD crisis
The California State Assembly Select Committee on Fentanyl, Opioid Addiction and Overdose Prevention on Aug. 12 during an informational hearing discussed the urgency of combating the rise in overdose deaths among youth in recent years primarily due to ingesting fentanyl.
Between 2019 and 2021, drug...
