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For the first time in its storied history, the 2019 San Benito County Spelling Bee had its more than 150 student participants type their answers using a computer keyboard into a Google electronic document rather than writing them with pencil on paper. “We are switching...

Many years ago, when Jackie Mendizabal was just a small girl, her uncle Francisco took her into her backyard in Southern California and pulled some leaves off a lemon tree. “Let’s make some tea,” he said.“I was like, ‘What? Can you do that?’” Mendizabal...

Uesugi Farms has harvested its last crops. The large, well-known, family-owned vegetable producer with operations in California—Santa Clara, Contra Costa, San Benito and other counties—and Mexico, is selling off all of its equipment and “winding down” its operations. There will be no spring planting of...

Police arrested two Hollister men on suspicion of carrying an illegal weapon last week after the men refused to yield to an attempted traffic stop, according to authorities. About 10:43pm Jan. 17, Hollister Police Officer Evan Umstead was on patrol in the area of Rajakovich...

Police are asking the public for help in the investigation of a Jan. 13 shooting near an elementary school in northwest Hollister. About 10:04pm Jan. 13, Hollister police received a call reporting gunshots fired in the area of 80 Gonzalez Drive, reads a press release...

San Benito High School’s Robotics Team recently won a $5,000 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration that will allow the team to pay for the cost of registering for competitions. Adviser Thien Vu-Nguyen said the grant fund the team's entrance into two...

The Hollister Police Department will increase patrols in efforts to reduce dangerous driving around school zones, according to an announcement from local police. The locations will vary around the school sites within the City of Hollister. “The pick-up and drop-off times at schools are a very...

A new elementary school at Santana Ranch will be completed in January 2021—six months later than the original estimate—after the Hollister School District Board of Education approved new design plans. The board voted 4-1 in favor of change at its last meeting of 2018, with...

San Benito County Sheriff’s deputies on Jan. 11 were looking for a Hollister man who had been released after a drug arrest. Several days after the man was released, deputies found weapons, drugs and bomb-making materials in the man’s home near San Benito High...

As the federal government shutdown entered its third week with no end in sight, local farmers and home buyers were already feeling the pinch. If the shutdown continues, a wider range of services will be affected, say Congressional staffers. If you are getting ready to...