Seismic retrofit grants available to homeowners in Hollister, SJB
Many homeowners know their houses are at risk when an earthquake occurs, but may not be aware that they can help protect their homes with a seismic retrofit. Those who own homes in zip codes in Gilroy, Hollister and San Juan Bautista may be...
Photos: Veterans’ Day ceremony
Hollister VFW 9242 held a Veterans Day ceremony and Honor Walk on Nov. 11 at the Veterans Memorial Building on San Benito Street.
A little more than 100 people showed up to pay their respects for all the veterans who served in one of the...
New wheels for watershed steward
For years, Monica Garcia has roughed it along the Pajaro River watershed in her motorized wheelchair, where she’s helped volunteers clean up the ever-constant garbage left behind by those with no concern for the environment.
Garcia, who is battling lupus, must use the wheelchair to...
Calerrain expands hospitality
Like a virtual trying on of sunglasses, the pandemic certainly provided some new viewpoints of our respective circumstance. In some cases, it offered a catalyst for executing on long-held visions.
In the case of Geoff Mace, winemaker and co-owner of Calerrain, and his wife Chantelle,...
Highway 101 reopens in Gilroy after utility pole crash
UPDATE 2pm: Both directions of Highway 101 have reopened.
The driver of the vehicle was transported to Valley Medical Center in San Jose with unknown injuries.
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Highway 101 between Monterey Road and Highway 25 in Gilroy is currently shut down after a vehicle hit a...
Human rights commission opposes Sargent Mine
The Santa Clara County Human Rights Commission last week voted to help the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band protect its sacred ancestral lands—known as Juristac—from being developed into a sand and gravel quarry.
The 15-seat commission at the Nov. 4 meeting unanimously voted to send the...
Balers lock up top seed in CCS D2 playoffs
Depending on one’s point of view, those around the San Benito High football team perhaps breathed a sigh of relief or were disappointed when the Central Coast Section playoff brackets came out on Nov. 7.
The Haybalers (8-1) were either going to be the No....
Man arrested for vandalism to downtown Hollister planters
Police arrested a man last week who caused about $3,000 worth of damage to garden planters in downtown Hollister, according to authorities.
The suspect, Matthew Goodsell, 49, was already in custody for an unrelated crime when officers recognized him from video footage that captured the...
San Benito High girls volleyball team falls in CCS but accomplishes plenty
If there was one moment that synopsized what the San Benito High girls volleyball team was about this season, it came in the third to last point of its Central Coast Section Division I playoff quarterfinal match against Los Altos High on Nov. 2.
Down...
Morales headed to victory in Hollister special election
Dolores Morales appears headed to victory in the five-person race for Hollister City Council District 3, according to unofficial election results.
Morales has received 482 votes, or about 42% of the ballots counted so far in the Nov. 2 special election, says the San Benito...


















