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The Hollister Fire Department is on scene and has ordered evacuations of homes and businesses on the 1600 Block of Cushman Street, the 200 and 300 block of Tres Pinos Road and all of Slate Avenue.

Members of Texas Masonic Lodge #46, located in San Juan Bautista, held a fundraiser on Nov. 12 to benefit local youth and homeless programs.  Texas Lodge’s Teresa Herrick and her husband, Kevin, spearheaded the fundraiser by holding  a “Legit Phở Cooking Class” and holiday floral...

With an abundance of numbers and talent, the Hollister High track and field program fields a quality side every year.  Lately, the girls team has been on a terrific run as it finished in fifth place in the Central Coast Section Finals last year, tying...

Southwest Hollister residents often bring their vegetable scraps to a neighbor who raises goats, turkeys, chickens and ducks. They will come waddling up to the fence when people walk by expecting to get some delicious treats. Southwest Hollister residents often bring their vegetable scraps...

Lifelong San Martin resident Kenneth Ludewig, a local “treasure” who brought joy to countless South Valley residents as the creator and operator of the former San Martin Country Park & Pumpkin Patch, died unexpectedly on Nov. 7, according to family members. He was 74...

San Benito County will host a town hall workshop on the draft environmental impact report for the John Smith Road Landfill expansion project on Aug. 22. The workshop will start at 6:30pm, at the Veterans Memorial Building, 649 San Benito Street in Hollister.  The workshop...

If one finds themself on Severinsen Street in Hollister, they’ll find a kind of wholesomeness that is uncommon for this century.  A tree-lined street with unique foliage; two story homes; cozy front porches—one can feel immediately teleported into a 1950s television sitcom.  And while the majority...

The Community FoodBank of San Benito County has always aimed to fight hunger by providing thousands of meals out of their main warehouse.  But, the local non-profit organization has switched things up lately by taking the streets with their new mobile pantry marketplace—a huge truck...

Applications for the 2022 Hazel Hawkins Hospital Auxiliary Scholarship Awards are now available. Each year the Auxiliary awards scholarships to students who are pursuing a medical or medically oriented career.  The total amount awarded to each recipient will be at the discretion of the...

When it comes to performing on a video conferencing software, there is no one to hide behind—just the actor and their screen. Such is the new challenge a cast of 13 faces when San Benito Stage Company presents its first-ever virtual production, “Bad Auditions…On Camera,”...