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Francisco Olivas hung out the driver’s rear side window of a car as he waved goodbye for one last time as a high school senior. The four-year varsity soccer player along with dozens of seniors from Anzar High’s Class of 2020 on June 11 were...

The Covid-19 pandemic has created an extremely trying situation for essential businesses, which have stepped up in amazing and heroic ways to provide the goods and services that Californians rely on daily.

Proponents of a major development in the northern end of San Benito County that would add an autonomous vehicle testing center, park and other facilities are hoping voters will give the project its first step toward reality in November. The Strada Verde Innovation Park Voter...

San Benito County Interim Public Health Officer Dr. David Ghilarducci June 9 announced that more sectors of the county will reopen by the end of the week, despite data showing that new Covid-19 cases are rising.  Ghilarducci said during Tuesday’s County Board of Supervisors special...

Selecting students for the Hollister Free Lance’s senior spotlights for Anzar High School’s Class of 2020 was no enviable task. That’s why we make the principal and school staff sort it out. These students have navigated the labyrinth of high school hurdles, and we...

Jordan Finister and hundreds of other protesters on June 6 led a peaceful march in downtown Hollister in honor of George Floyd.   The 20-year old Hollister native also stood in front of the Gavilan College parking garage on Fourth Street as he shared his experience...

A flood control project underway in South Santa Clara County has resulted in an increase in trucks along Highway 25, which are hauling dirt to Graniterock’s Southside Sand and Gravel quarry in Tres Pinos.

Anzar High School’s graduating class of 2020 will be honored with a Senior Car Parade on Thursday, June 11.

Hollister Interim Police Chief Carlos Reynoso sent out a statement reassuring local residents that organizers of a June 6 protest in the city’s downtown plan to keep it peaceful.

The blistering heat made for a warm visit to San Benito High School on Tuesday afternoon, but that wasn’t going to stop members of the Class of 2020 from celebrating their big day.  Kenneth Kliewer was one of 60 seniors to receive their diploma during...