Arts Council’s benefit dinner returns July 18
The San Benito County Arts Council will present its fifth annual Art of Eating: A Farm-to-Table Benefit for the Arts.Â
The four-course, plein air dinner prepared by local chefs Becky Herbert of Farmhouse Café and Louie Roybal of Louie’s Smokey Trails will take place from...
Work to begin soon on San Benito County road projects
Crews will soon begin working on three road projects and a bridge replacement project in unincorporated San Benito County.
The county’s Resource Management Agency announced this week that notices to proceed have been issued for the projects, which will cost a total of $12.3 million.
The...
Police: Hollister man arrested after vandalizing cars, making threats
Police arrested a Hollister man one recent afternoon after he vandalized several vehicles and threatened to kill his neighbors, according to authorities.
About 1:50pm June 6, Hollister Police officers were dispatched to the 200 block of Western Court on a report of a man waving...
Haybalers a win away from CCS title
For the San Benito High softball team to win its first Central Coast Section championship since the 2016 season, it will need to go through West Catholic League team Presentation. The No. 2 seed Haybalers advanced with a 11-1, mercy-rule win over No. 3...
Letter to the editor: Wisdom without intelligence
In one of my previous letters, I mentioned that tolerance does not equal acceptance. I would also submit itelligence does not always equal wisdom.
As our elected and appointed officials continue to make policy regarding the pandemic and an attempt to get past it, they...
Local water customers asked to cut back
Due to the ongoing drought that will likely impact water supplies in the coming months, San Benito County water authorities are asking water customers for the cities of Hollister and San Juan Bautista, as well as the Sunnyslope County Water District, to cut back...
Supervisors give themselves a pay raise
San Benito County’s elected supervisors this week unanimously voted to give themselves a 68 percent pay raise.
The board’s June 8 vote will give the county’s supervisors a monthly pay raise from about $4,137 to about $6,938, or from approximately $50,000 to $83,300 per year.
The...
Supes to decide June 22 on process to replace Medina
The four seated members of the San Benito County Board of Supervisors will wait until June 22 to decide when to ask the governor to appoint a replacement for their colleague, Mark Medina, who resigned earlier this month.
The board briefly discussed the process to...
Voters to decide on term limits for San Benito supervisors
San Benito County’s voters will get to decide if the elected members of the board of supervisors should be subject to term limits.
The supervisors voted 4-0 at the June 8 meeting to introduce an ordinance to place the question on an upcoming ballot—likely in...
Letter to the editor: Shameful comparison
According to local media, San Juan Bautista Mayor Leslie Jordan, at the gay pride flag raising on May 29, compared the LGBTQ community to other marginalized groups who led the way to equality in California, including the Japanese-Americans who were incarcerated during WWII.
A review...

















