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I’ve been fighting an uphill battle to clean up dangerous homeless encampments in places like the San Benito River bed since joining the San Benito County Board of Supervisors in 2021.  After a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling made it clear local governments can ban...

The Hollister High football team had just about everything lined up for a shot at bringing home its first Central Coast Section title in eight years. However, the short bus ride to Rabobank Stadium and a much larger roster was not enough to overpower a...

Low-income Californians enrolled in Medi-Cal have been vaccinated at far lower rates than the overall population in all 58 counties, according to state data. The disparity reveals a strong economic divide between the vaccinated and unvaccinated throughout California. About 45% of Medi-Cal enrollees eligible for the...

Firefighters are currently battling two wildfires in South County. According to CalFire, the Crews Fire, off of Crews Road and Oak Spring Circle just north of Gilroy, is at 600 acres as of 6pm July 5. The fire was first reported at 3pm. Evacuations are in...

Former Hollister Mayor Victor Gomez has been hired as the executive director of California Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse, according to a press release from the organization.

Arts Council announces art classes for youth The San Benito County Arts Council is now enrolling students in Winter Session Art Classes. All classes take place at the Art Depot, 35 5 th St., Suite D, in downtown Hollister.  Winter Session begins the first week of...

On a recent July afternoon, Calaveras School buzzed with activity and enthusiasm. In one classroom, students made and played songs on iPads under Andrew Iriarte’s instruction. The instructor explained how they can use GarageBand to play piano, drums and guitar to record songs—and he mentioned...

More than 700 graduates from San Benito High took part in two commencement ceremonies for the Class of 2021 on Friday at the multi-purpose field next to Andy Hardin Stadium. Graduation coordinator Brian DeCarli who worked with the parent-led graduation committee of approximately 50 parents...

It's like someone got the turkey wishbone and pulled both ends wishing for business as usual. Nodes keep popping up like ducks in a carnival shooting gallery. It's time leaders faced reality: time to be creative, time to be thoughtful.

Most people have been affected by it one way or another—a loved one begins to struggle with memory loss or a friend of the family shares their experience with their own parent vacillating between the tragic decline of dementia and moments of clarity. For some,...