Gavilan College mulling Covid-19 vaccination mandate
Gavilan College is looking to require all students and employees to be vaccinated against Covid-19 as in-person classes resume in the near future.
At its first public meeting under the same roof since March 2020, the college’s Board of Trustees on July 13 voted unanimously...
Brawl ends in gunfire | Hollister Police Department
The Hollister Police Department reported that it had a busy weekend with calls that involved gun possession by juveniles and a brawl that ended in gunfire.
The police said in a press release issued Monday that a person was arrested on July 15 for resisting...
Calera founder, Josh Jensen, looks back on 40 years in wine industry
For Josh Jensen, famed founder of Calera Winery in Hollister, life after 40 years of being at the forefront of the exciting and fast-moving wine business has been quite an adjustment. He’s been named the 2007 Winemaker of the Year by the San Francisco...
Health officers recommend return to indoor masking
Health officers of four Central Coast counties—including San Benito—issued a joint statement again recommending that residents wear masks indoors at public places, regardless of vaccination status “out of an abundance of caution,” says the statement.
The recommendation comes as local reports of the highly infectious...
Supervisor denies major role in mayoral recall effort
A group of local residents may soon begin collecting signatures to place a recall election of Hollister Mayor Ignacio Velazquez on an upcoming ballot.
On July 8, recall proponent Celeste Toledo-Bocanegra gained approval for her third submission of a Notice of Intention to Circulate Recall...
Alvin Harrison takes his shot in business, boxing
Alvin Harrison has two residences—one in Hollister and another in Northridge in southern California—but he also spends a huge chunk of his time nowadays at Rock Boxing gym in Salinas.
The former track and field Olympian has launched an energy drink and taken up a...
Hazel Hawkins receives State Treasury loan for new roof
Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital will install a new roof thanks to a $2 million low-interest loan from the California State Treasurer’s Office.
The loan will help the hospital replace its 50,000-square-foot roof, a portion of which failed in recent years resulting in disruptions of service...
Vivi’s finally opens after months of delays
It took Juan Tapia and Elvira Rodriguez nearly half of a year to get Vivi’s Sweet Tomato Pizza up and running.
But ever since they opened at the beginning of July, the response from the community and the Google reviews have been overwhelming for the...
Local Scene: Traffic calming, book sale, downtown Hollister car show
Traffic calming meeting set for Sally Street
The City of Hollister will hold a second virtual meeting to discuss traffic calming on Sally Street.
The meeting will be held July 15 from 6:30-8pm on Zoom.
The traffic calming project is inspired by a consensus that speeding and...
Letters to the editor: Thank you to the Hollister Library
Thank you to Hollister Library
I must put pen to paper and express my sincere gratitude to the Hollister Library for making the last year and a half so much better during the pandemic!! They made it possible for me to get every book I...


















