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What animal control investigators thought was a case involving an abandoned dog turned out to be a misunderstanding, Hollister Police said.  After investigating the July 26 incident and contacting the owners, local authorities determined the dog is in good health and its owners had no...

Incentives up to $5,000 are available for San Benito County residents who purchase or lease a new or used electric or hybrid vehicle.  The 2025-26 Electric Vehicle Incentive Program (EVIP) was launched July 1 by the Monterey Bay Air Resources District. Residents of Monterey and...

Girls flag football began in many areas of California in Fall 2023. In the two years of competition, Hollister’s teams have excelled.  The fall 2024 squad won the Pacific Coast Athletic League, Gabilan Division title with a 13-1 record and was 19-6 overall. Although several...

As vineyard manager at the 7,000-acre Paicines Ranch in San Benito County, Kelly Mulville has a rather significant task: he’s trying to practice organic, regenerative farming on 25 acres of vines while surrounded by hundreds of acres of vineyards being conventionally farmed.  “Our underlying philosophy...

Three correctional officers were injured when an inmate attacked them at the San Benito County Jail Monday morning, according to the sheriff.  The incident occurred about 11:30am, when correctional staff were moving the inmate into a “safety cell,” says a press release from Sheriff Eric...

In what transportation officials and local representatives hail as a “major milestone,” all four lanes of the new San Benito Route 156 Improvement Project will open to all traffic on June 13.  Caltrans District 5 hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony on June 7, in which...

A family of three, along with their three dogs and three cats, are displaced after their home caught on fire west of downtown Hollister the morning of June 12.  Shyliene Days, who owns the now heavily damaged home with her husband Allan, said nobody was...

More than 50 community entries—including a herd of cattle, marching bands, floats, horsemen and horsewomen (some in the Vaquero tradition), 2025 Miss San Benito Rodeo, wagons and many community groups—marched through downtown Hollister June 21 to kick off this year’s San Benito County Rodeo. The...

Authorities are trying to find the owner of a dog that was found abandoned with injuries off the side of a highway near Hollister.  On May 5, officers from Hollister Police Animal Care and Services and the San Benito County Sheriff’s Office responded to a...

Hollister Police Department will conduct a DUI and driver’s license checkpoint on June 13, at an undisclosed location within the city limits. The checkpoint will take place from 6pm-1:30am.   In recent years, California has seen a “disturbing increase” in drug-impaired driving crashes, Hollister Police Department...