San Benito High girls soccer team looks to continue momentum from spring season
Coming off its first-ever appearance in a Central Coast Section playoff championship game, the San Benito High girls soccer team looks poised to have another strong season.
The Haybalers went 5-5 in the Covid spring season and made it all the way to the Division...
Letter: Hazel Hawkins buyer needs ‘skin in the game’
Re: Board still in talks with potential partners, Free Lance, Oct. 6, 2023
Looks like “Bargain hunting now.” Where were these potential partners before the bankruptcy declaration? Imagine that! Before there were none; now three parties are interested: American Advanced Management, Salinas Valley Memorial and...
Suspect arrested for felony animal cruelty in Hollister
Hollister Police arrested a woman for animal cruelty after she refused to obtain treatment for a severely ailing pet that was in her care, according to authorities.
About 2pm March 22, Hollister Animal Control officers responded to a call for a welfare check on a...
Program brings summer learning to Hollister students
The Hollister School District once again operated a successful Extended School Year (ESY) program for a month of the summer, giving eligible students opportunities to prevent learning loss and keep structured schedules.
The ESY program ran from June 12-July 12 at Rancho Santana School. ESY...
Fire on the hill
A vegetation fire, likely caused by a person or people, burned about one acre on Vista Park Hill in Hollister Aug. 7, according to authorities.
The Hollister Fire Department responded to reports of a fire about 2:30pm, ultimately sending three engines and two battalion chiefs...
First day challenges for Aromas-San Juan schools
The first day of school at the Aromas-San Juan Unified School District on Aug. 15 didn’t quite go as planned.
A gas leak at Aromas School forced the school to send all students home for the day. According to Janet Watson of the Superintendent’s Office,...
Supt. search down to six candidates
The current five-member Hollister School District Board of Education convened in closed session Dec. 8 to interview six finalists for the superintendent job.
The governing body was to conduct more in-person interviews with the finalists again Dec. 13 with a goal of identifying one finalist...
Guest view: City Hall Pride Flag promotes love, acceptance
In 1978, an openly gay man named Gilbert Baker designed a Rainbow Flag that represents a symbol of pride for the gay community. It has been said that Harvey Milk, one of the first openly gay elected officials in the United States of America,...
San Benito baseball team wins the war of words and the game with Palma
It wouldn’t be a San Benito-Palma baseball game without some staredowns and smack talking. Their pivotal Pacific Coast League Gabilan Division game on May 3 had all of that, but it was the Haybalers who prevailed in a white-knuckle affair, 5-4, to gain the...
Balers graduate Julia Hicks is a CCS champion
As Julia Hicks heard the final results in the discus throw confirming she was a Central Coast Section champion, she received a hug from her event coach, Bob Rawles, who told the recent San Benito HIgh graduate he was beaming with pride in her...
