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The Nov. 3 statewide general election ballot will feature dozens of local races, including numerous offices in the cities of Hollister and San Juan Bautista; seats on boards of education; and a contest for an unfinished term on the San Benito County Board of...

California could soon receive as much as $2.1 billion from Meta as part of a settlement over allegations that Facebook and Instagram were designed in ways that harmed children and teens. That is an enormous amount of money—and an enormous opportunity. The proposed settlement calls for...

The Joe Heller cartoon of Sept. 18 (Opinion page) portrays an AI robot angered by dire warnings of disaster followed by a robotic smile when congress smiles regulation. Apparently the robot recalls how the same warnings were used to scare people with nuclear annihilation...

Youth Alliance and South County Cal-SOAP on Sept. 18 announced a new partnership designed to strengthen college and career access for students throughout San Benito and southern Santa Clara counties. Effective Oct. 1, Youth Alliance will serve as the fiscal sponsor and organizational home...

Gabilan Ranch in San Juan Bautista—which provides habitat for the endangered California Condor—recently earned the Bird-Friendly Land Certification from the National Audubon Society.  The certification recognizes Gabilan Ranch for its efforts to support wildlife habitat and resilient working lands, says a press release from the...

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...