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Coming off its first-ever appearance in a Central Coast Section playoff championship game, the San Benito High girls soccer team looks poised to have another strong season.  The Haybalers went 5-5 in the Covid spring season and made it all the way to the Division...

Get rid of your old, unwanted tires, furniture, mattresses, appliances and other bulky items safely and for free at a recycling event this weekend sponsored by San Benito County Integrated Waste Management and Caltrans. The Bulky Item Recycling Event will take place 9am to 3pm...

The Bourdet’s Christmas Tree Farm in Hollister has been busier than ever as people steadily show up to buy trees and flock them, giving their limbs and branches the effect of a Christmas tree with snow indoors. The farm offers fresh cut Oregon trees...

Hollister officials have yet to approve a spending plan for more than $9.7 million in federal Covid-19 relief funds, as city council members disagree on how much of the money should be used for extra “hero” or hazard pay for essential city employees who...

The California Highway Patrol reported a fatal collision Dec. 7 on State Route 129 in Watsonville, east of Murphy Road. Officers responded to an 11:54pm report Tuesday night of a solo vehicle driving too fast and then going off the roadway. According to the report,...

In Karim Yasin, Khader Yasin, Ethan Salcedo, Arthur Parra, Noah Nelson and Derek Sandoval, the San Benito High boys wrestling team has its highest number of section-ranked preseason wrestlers in several years.  Even so, Haybalers coach Steven Salcedo said it’ll be up to the athletes...

A 14-year-old San Benito High School student was arrested this week for using social media to threaten to hurt his fellow students, according to Hollister Police. No credible threat to anyone at the school was revealed during the course of the police investigation. About 10:05pm Dec....

The power of community outreach support between the San Benito Health Foundation and Youth Alliance is having a positive outcome in their outreach for a healthier community.  The ongoing vaccine outreach movement is a commitment to bettering the community by investing time and resources in...

During this holiday season I have observed that many people have allowed the whole Covid virus, and mostly the response to the virus, to steal their joy. In whatever form you choose to celebrate the holiday season you most certainly have the right to...

Over the years, only a handful of student-athletes from the San Benito High girls volleyball team have been good enough to go straight from high school to a Division I program.  Lauren Sabbatini, a 2018 graduate, is one of them. A redshirt junior at Fresno...