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Help address literacy challenges at Jan. 25 summit Local education officials and experts will host a literacy summit in San Benito County next week in order to address the achievement gap in reading and language arts education among local students. The SBCOE Literacy Summit: Unlocking a...

Our rain has been great and so far, no rainbow. When a rainbow beauty does color over gray skies I wonder if Mayor Casey will find her pot of gold under that arc. With careful reading of her “State of the city” report (Free...

The only memory Leon Malmed, 86, has of his parents was a tragic moment in July 1942, when French police—acting under orders of the country’s Nazi German occupiers—showed up at his family’s home to arrest the adults for being Jewish. It was also the...

Authorities have zeroed in on a suspect. File photo.

Despite statewide efforts, California is still struggling to support the personal and educational needs of its students, according to the 2024 California Children’s Report Card conducted by the organization Children Now, which “grades the State on its ability to support better outcomes for kids”...

A fatal crash was reported the morning of Jan. 12 on Highway 152 east of Gilroy in Santa Clara County, according to the California Highway Patrol. The crash was reported shortly after 7am on Highway 152 near Lake Road. The highway remained closed in the area...

As the San Benito High School District pursues all available funding opportunities for a second high school, potential bond measures to support a second high school in the district appear viable, according to survey results presented during the Jan. 9 meeting of the Board...

A person was shot and killed Jan. 10 at the Migrant Housing Center south of Hollister, according to the San Benito County Sheriff’s Office.  Investigators have not identified or arrested any suspects in relation to the homicide, Sheriff Eric Taylor said in a press release....

Hollister Police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred at a local convenience store Jan. 4, and are asking for the public’s help in identifying the suspect.  The robbery took place the morning of Jan. 4 at the 7-Eleven store on San Benito Street. A...

The new year started off “extraordinarily quiet” in Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital’s Birthing Center—until the evening of Jan. 4, according to hospital staff. On that day, three babies were born in the span of 20 minutes and at 6:05pm, Natalia Elias Estrada won the...