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Police are looking for a man who stole groceries and collided with another vehicle as he fled the scene of the theft.

The owner of a property along Highway 101 northwest of San Juan Bautista and Hollister has unveiled plans for a commercial development next to the iconic Betabel RV Park. In an interview with the Free Lance, Rider McDowell of Pebble Beach said he wants to...

Two moderate earthquakes—100 miles and 14 hours apart—this week near opposite ends of the Calaveras Fault were reminders of the 30th anniversary on Oct. 17 of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. A 4.7-magnitude tremor along the Calaveras Fault near Tres Pinos rattled shelves in Hollister...

The Hollister Police Department and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will co-host a prescription drug disposal event from 10am to 2pm Oct. 26.

Hollister Police worked with the management of a new cannabis dispensary to stop the distribution of allegedly unauthorized marijuana products in the community.

Steam from decades of canning tomatoes may have caused dry rot in roof timbers at a San Benito Foods cannery building last month, contributing to the catastrophic collapse, say city inspectors. As many as 30 workers narrowly escaped injury in the Sept. 18 building failure...

San Benito County Superior Court Judge Steven R. Sanders denied a motion by murder suspect Jose Antonio Barajas to dismiss the charges against him. The judge denied the motion at a Sept. 25 hearing at the county courthouse, according to District Attorney Candice Hooper. Barajas...

A growth management plan for the City of Hollister has received some updates following scrutiny by the state earlier this year. The ordinance, which is expected to be up for approval at the city council’s next meeting Oct. 21, limits the number of new market-rate...

Hollister Mayor Ignacio Velazquez wants the ability to attend city staff meetings, saying the current opportunities to participate in the government’s operations as mayor are limited. A majority of his colleagues have balked at the idea. Velazquez raised the issue at the Oct. 7 Hollister City...

Eight people were transported to the hospital after a three-car collision on Highway 156 west of Hollister Sunday night, according to authorities. About 7pm Oct. 6, a 29-year-old Manteca man was driving a Chrysler 200 eastbound on Highway 156, west of Bixby Road, when the...