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A 15-year-old Hollister boy was arrested Feb. 4 on suspicion of shooting and attempting to kill a man, according to police.

Samantha Slykas isn’t a stranger to making differences in her community.  Not only has the San Benito High School sophomore been part of her San Benito County 4-H club for six years, but her mother, Dee, has taught her the importance of giving back by...

Students battled nerves and verses as they competed in the fifth annual Poetry Out Loud at Anzar High School on Jan. 30. San Benito High School freshman Kayla Salazar came out on top in the poetry recitation competition that included Grace Baldwin, Clara Guzman...

A senior living community that has been more than two decades in the making celebrated a milestone Jan. 30 with the opening of two model homes. Billed as Hollister’s first “active adult community,” the first two phases of Twin Oaks are currently under construction at...

Local residents opposed to “sprawl development” filed paperwork Wednesday morning to begin collecting signatures for an initiative that would put San Benito County voters in charge of agricultural land rezoning for the 29 years. The initiative will require signatures from 2,060 registered voters to place...

Following an investigation, police arrested a San Benito High School student accused of selling narcotics to local juveniles, some of whom were hospitalized after ingesting the drugs.

A jury trial scheduled last week for a San Juan Bautista councilmember accused of domestic violence was delayed.

Hollister police are asking the public for help in an investigation of a Jan. 31 shooting that left one teenaged victim injured. Authorities are investigating the incident as an attempted homicide.

Two patients with novel coronavirus in San Benito County showed worsening symptoms late Sunday night and were referred for medical evaluation, county health officials announced Feb. 3. “It was then determined that both patients needed to be admitted to a hospital equipped for a higher...

Two cases of coronavirus—”2019-Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)”— have been confirmed in San Benito County, health officials announced Sunday evening, Feb. 2. “The confirmed cases are related: a husband and wife, and both are 57 years of age,” said Dr. Marty Fenstersheib, San Benito County Health Officer, ...