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San Benito County residents are still required to wear a face covering in most public settings, as the state’s guidelines continue to apply to the local unincorporated area and the City of Hollister. The City of San Juan Bautista, meanwhile, adopted an ordinance Aug....

UPDATED May 4: The Hollister City Council will look to hold an election in November to fill its now-vacant District 3 seat following the resignation of Honor Spencer. The council agreed on May 3 to look into an election, rather than appoint a resident to the...

A 16-year-old male was injured in a shooting outside a residence in Hollister Friday night.

In early January, Celeste Toledo-Bocanegra launched a GoFundMe page and website to recall Hollister Mayor Ignacio Velazquez. As of April 19, it had raised just $1,030 of its $20,000 goal, with the last donation being made two months ago.  The GoFundMe page states that “through...

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...

Donald “Elvis” Prieto, better known as Gilroy’s King of Rock n’ Roll who would go out of his way to help anyone in need, died on May 1. He was 54. Prieto leaves behind family and friends too numerous to list here, as well as...

Bob Tiffany is leading in a tight, five-way race for County Supervisor in District 4 over local farmer Robert Gibson, retired foreman operator Keith Snow and business owners Mike Mansmith and Dan Valcazar.  As of 10:13pm Nov. 3—the last time election officials updated results—Tiffany had...

It’s been seven long years since the San Benito High boys basketball team finished with a winning record. In that time, the Haybalers were demoted to the B division of the Pacific Coast League, a blow to a once proud program. But with a...

Interest is high in the first dispensary to open in Hollister city limits. Genesis Marketplace opened four weeks ago at 1802 Shelton Drive, and on a recent Thursday morning, a steady flow of customers visited the business to check out its variety of cannabis edibles,...

San Benito County Fair officials took a chance at something new this past weekend by opening its gates for the inaugural Fair Food Festival.  The menu was short but it was more than enough to draw hundreds of people to the fairgrounds at Bolado Park. Brittany...