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Hollister High senior Kayla Salazar was recently chosen as a 2023 Girls Inc. National Scholar for her efforts to encourage and empower her peers to be “strong, smart and bold,” says a press release.  Salazar is one of only three recipients in the U.S. and...

Chris Branon is as excited and motivated as ever to coach the Hollister High lacrosse team.  The program started play seven years ago and has momentum going for it with solid participation numbers. Despite getting bumped down to the Pacific Coast Athletic League’s Mission Division...

After a little more than one year of jumping hurdles and countless hours of idle work, the doors to The Baler Steakhouse are now open for business. The restaurant officially launched last year on Black Friday, Nov. 25, at 500 San Benito Street in downtown...

I joined the Hazel Hawkins team 26 years ago as a per diem nurse in the ED. I wanted to join a team that was small enough to be a family and help grow services in Hollister where my husband and I were raising...

Following a recent city council discussion, it is increasingly likely that the Fourth of July motorcycle rally will not return to Hollister for 2023.  The council on March 6 discussed the possibility of bringing the rally back to the downtown this summer, as an informational...

The latest round of storms to hit South Valley has brought a seemingly endless onslaught of downed trees, mudslides, power outages, local flooding and road closures that left many residents and commuters stranded.  In San Benito County, authorities rescued at least 14 people on March...

At least eight earthquakes have been reported in the Tres Pinos area since late in the morning March 14, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.  Four of the quakes measured 3.4 magnitude—the strongest of the Tuesday temblors as of 12:20pm Tuesday. The earthquakes started at...

An Oakland man stealing a vehicle in a Gilroy neighborhood shot and killed a man who confronted him early Tuesday morning, police said. The suspect, Angel Ochoa-Moreno, was arrested in Salinas after a pursuit on Highway 101. Officers responded at about 12:30am to a report of...

If the Hollister High baseball team has a run in it to win the program’s first Central Coast Section championship, this year’s squad probably represents its best opportunity in the last handful of seasons. That’s because the Haybalers return their entire infield, their center...

Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital officials said this week that HHMH will enter the second quarter of 2023 in a “better than expected cash position,” due to cost savings measures and optimistic negotiations with MediCal, Medicare and Anthem.  The hospital also revealed that it has received...