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In what they called “a bold, unified step to slow the spread of COVID-19,” public health officials of six Bay Area counties on Monday ordered nearly all citizens to “ shelter at home” for three weeks. The legal order, effective at 12:01am on Tuesday, March...

As of March 16 Worldwide, 169,387 cases, 77,257 recovered, 6,513 deaths (8th highest) US,  3,774, cases, 12 recovered, 69 deaths California, 431 cases, 6 recovered, 6 deaths New York, 746 cases, 0 recovered, 6 deaths Washington state, 769 cases, 1 recovered, 42 deaths As of March 9 Worldwide, 108,000 cases, 3,800 deaths US, 423  cases,...

All 12 school districts in San Benito County will close to students on Monday for one week, after a new COVID-19 case was reported in the county, county school officials said Friday afternoon, March 13. Teachers and staff are not affected, officials said. “The safety...

Since San Benito County’s first two cases of the coronavirus were reported in early February, no new cases have been identified in the county. Local health officials—public and private—aren’t taking any chances. The county Board of Supervisors on March 10 proclaimed a “state of emergency” to...

Final ballots were still being counted at mid-week, but there is no doubt about the fate of the bond measure sought by the San Benito High School District. As administrators try and figure out where they go from here, they are not alone, as school...

The owners of four properties along Highway 101 are expected to apply for a different commercial zoning designation after voters appeared to have rejected San Benito County’s Measure K. Measure K would adopt an ordinance approved unanimously by county supervisors in September that converts four...

With nearly 95 percent of votes in supervisor District 5 counted as of March 10, Bea Gonzales was on her way this week to a stunning upset of four-term incumbent and San Benito County Board of Supervisors Chair Jaime De la Cruz. Gonzales, a teacher,...

Hollister Police used photos from a home security camera to identify and arrest a local man accused of stealing from parked vehicles, according to authorities.

A 49-year-old Hollister man died in a traffic accident March 6 when his vehicle collided with a tree off Fairview Road, according to authorities.

With hundreds of vote-by-mail ballot still uncounted as of 6:35 pm Friday, March 6, one San Benito County supervisor was assured of re-election, a four-term incumbent was staring at a possible upset loss and one November race was set. The lingering uncertainty in the supervisor...