Local News

After waking up from their post-feast Thanksgiving slumber this week, local residents and families are invited by the Hollister Downtown Association to celebrate the holidays with the annual Lights On and Project Dec-A-Tree events.  The celebration starts with a full day’s schedule of activities at...

Caltrans this week reminded motorists to expect an increase in traffic on the Central Coast during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend.  With wet and cold weather in the forecast in the days before and after the Nov. 28 holiday, Caltrans in a press release asked motorists to...

U.S. Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (CA-18) announced this week that Gavilan College will receive $375,000 from the National Science Foundation to support STEM education for Latino students. “Diversity in the STEM workforce matters, and I am glad to see Gavilan College is implementing an innovative program...

A San Benito County Sheriff’s correctional officer was arrested Wednesday night on suspicion of driving under the influence with his children in the vehicle, according to authorities.  About 6:30pm Nov. 20, a Gustine Police officer made a traffic stop on a vehicle driven by Jorge...

The Bureau of Land Management Central Coast Field Office is easing seasonal fire restrictions as of Nov. 19 for about 300,000 acres of BLM-managed public lands in Alameda, Contra Costa, Fresno, Merced, Monterey, San Benito, San Joaquin, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz and...

UC Santa Cruz recently acquired and established the Strathearn Ranch Natural Reserve, a 2,400-acre oak-studded grassland property in San Benito County that will be used for field research and outdoor education for the university’s students, staff and researchers.  The UC Board of Regents approved the...

The first phase of construction for Gavilan College’s new Hollister campus—which includes a 34,000-square-foot building with classrooms, labs, a cafe, resource center and more—is completed.  Gavilan representatives, public officials and members of the South Valley community gathered at the campus, located at 505 Fairview Road—on...

San Benito Health Care District officials and representatives of Insight Health this week declared that Measure X has received voter approval in the Nov. 5 election, issuing statements on their next efforts to transfer ownership of Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital to the Michigan-based healthcare...

Police arrested a Hollister resident on suspicion of felony animal cruelty after authorities observed a four-month-old puppy dying at the suspect’s home, Hollister Police said. Hollister Police Animal and Care and Services earlier this month received a report of a local resident who had failed...

Local land trusts receive grant funding Two area land trusts received more than $200,000 worth of grants from the California Council of Land Trusts’ Capacity Building Grant Program. The Amah Mutsun Land Trust, based in Santa Cruz County, received $105,500 for stewarding ancestral lands, says a...