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Hollister HS baseball (9-5 overall, 5-3 PCAL Gabilan) Recent results: Lost 1-0 at Carmel; won 12-9 vs. Carmel; won 15-1 vs. Piedmont Hills Upcoming games: 4pm April 14 at Soledad; 4pm April 15 at Monterey; 4PM April 17 vs. Monterey NOTES: In the victory over first-place...

It’s springtime, and orange poppies, purple lupine and red paintbrush flowers color the hillsides at Juristac, a pristine hillside landscape in northern San Benito County and Southern Santa Clara County that is the site of a proposal for an open pit mining project.  In honor...

Last year’s Hollister baseball team sparkled in the Central Coast Section Division III playoffs. The eighth-seeded Balers shocked top-seeded Aptos 11-0 and mauled fifth-seeded Pioneer 13-0 on the way to a 3-2 loss in the title game to No. 2 seeded Christopher. It was Hollister’s...

Starting later this month, commuters and other motorists navigating U.S. 101 through Gilroy will see permanent road closures due to construction on the freeway’s interchange with State Route 25, according to the Valley Transportation Authority.  Starting April 16, access to U.S. 101 from Castro Valley...

The San Benito High School District plans to appeal a superior court decision that upheld the County Board of Education’s approval of the Polytechnic Academy charter school.  SBHSD Superintendent Dr. Shawn Tennenbaum said Polytechnic Academy would “have a profoundly negative impact on the district’s most...

The San Benito County Behavioral Health Department recently announced the launch of its new community Mobile Crisis Response program, which aims to bring crisis management and support to residents wherever they are.  The phone number for the Mobile Crisis Response Team is 831.902.2911. The line...

When the Poppy Jasper International Film Festival rolls into South Valley next week, audiences will be treated to a diverse lineup of films, many created by local talent with deep roots in the host communities. Named one of the “25 Coolest Film Festivals in the...

Residents of San Benito County are now enjoying something reminiscent of older classic television shows, harkening back to simpler times.  Remember the old TV show “Marcus Welby, MD”? The doctor, with a kind bedside manner, made house calls and was on a first-name basis with...

The names of the two men whose bodies were found in a pickup truck in the Santa Cruz Mountains a week ago were released Tuesday by the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner’s Office. The identities of the victims, previously identified by family members, are Colter...

Numbers don’t lie with the remarkably unsustainable fiscal path for fire services in San Benito County.  With constant misinformation, I must set the record straight on skyrocketing costs and a broken system needing immediate reform.  If we ignore these warning signs, we will continue tumbling down...