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Faced with a need to increase San Benito County coffers, officials are considering the creation of commercial zones at four intersections along Highway 101. The County Board of Supervisors is expected to consider zoning changes along the state highway between Aromas and San Juan Bautista...

Hollister school leaders have directed funds to help make repairs and upgrades at many of the local district’s school sites over the summer months in preparation of the 2019/20 school year. Hollister School District’s board of trustees unanimously approved a number of those projects...

Hollister School District board president Stephen Kain is not opposed to shifting from an at-large to a trustee area election system. So when the local League of United Latin American Citizens brought the issue to the Hollister school board, citing the California Voting Rights Act...

Wine is a quest. And making great wine is the quest of a lifetime.  Just ask Josh Jensen, founder of Calera Winery, one of the world’s most renowned producers of pinot noir. In 1974, he purchased a stunning, water-starved, bleak piece of land in the...

John White remembers living in San Jose when the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake struck the state. He had just gotten home from his job at IBM and was turning on the TV to catch the World Series. “It started like a freight train,” he recalled. Soon,...

San Juan Bautista City Councilmember Dan DeVries has been charged with three misdemeanors in relation to a May 24 suspected domestic violence incident. San Benito County District Attorney Candice Hooper’s office on June 21 filed charges of battery of a non-cohabiting spouse, assault by any...

Police are investigating a traffic collision in which a 30-year-old Hollister motorist died while trying to pass another vehicle on Shore Road July 12.

Worth Saving Mercantile & Thrift Store celebrated its grand opening in downtown Hollister on July 10. The store, located at 101 Fifth St., opened in the former Pat’s Place, which closed in early 2018. Proceeds from Worth Saving benefit the non-profit Hollister Community Outreach/My Father’s...

The story of the car that can fly, float and do whatever is needed to save the day has been a children’s classic for generations. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was written in 1964 by Ian Fleming for his son. Considering that Fleming is the creator...

Blenheim apricots, when compared to a typical variety, have a tangy-sweet taste that stands above all others. But the sweet, delicate fruit is disappearing, and has made it to Slow Food USA’s Endangered Foods list. The Blenheim has a very thin skin and bruises easily,...