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Newcomer Rudy Picha has a commanding lead over current District 1 council member Rick Perez with 70.14% of the vote so far over Perez’s 29.86%. Picha is a local school teacher who ran on a slow growth platform set on curbing residential development and...

Ever since Hollister High School senior Jake Varnes finished his time as a student at Cerra Vista Elementary School, he wanted to find some way to give back to the school. He found a path toward doing just that with his Eagle Scout project.  Varnes...

Lately, it can feel like the world is weighed down with stress—global conflicts, economic uncertainty and the fast pace of everyday life. It’s easy to get caught up in the heaviness of it all. But right here in our own community, there are still...

According to the April 11 San Jose Mercury News, there have been 30,960,646 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the U.S. and 558,755 deaths for a case fatality rate of 1.8%—meaning 98.2% of all people who get Covid will not die from it. California’s is...

2020 was the year of the highway node for some in San Benito County, as the four pieces of property targeted for service-oriented commercial development keep coming back to life.

The Hollister School District went through some major changes during the Covid-19 pandemic, including the introduction of distance education.  This year’s summer period was also a tad bit different as the district for the first time allowed the general student population to participate in summer...

First 5 San Benito celebrated the opening of its Family Impact Center Jan. 14, the same day the San Benito County Board of Supervisors declared January as Positive Parenting Awareness Month. The center, located at 351 Tres Pinos Road, Suite 103A in Hollister, is a...

Rolan Resendiz knows how to make an instant connection. He will greet you with a warm smile, and minutes later you’ll be chatting and laughing like old friends. It’s a gift he shares with everyone he meets. And he chooses to steer clear of formal, impersonal...

Return Chromebooks and hotspots The San Benito County Free Library this week informed users that the Wi-Fi  service for the Chromebooks distributed in 2023 ended on June 30, 2024.  Anyone who checked out a Chromebook and Wi-Fi hotspot last year, is asked to return them to...

Armando Medina made his way up and down San Benito Street as he searched for the perfect beer at the 8th Annual Wine & Beer Stroll in downtown Hollister on Saturday.  He never came up with a final decision in the end, but the one...