San Benito High lacrosse team aims for growth and future returns
San Benito High lacrosse coach Chris Branon acknowledged the team might go the entire season without earning a victory. At 0-9 entering their April 20 Pacific Coast League match against Aptos High, conventional wisdom would have it that there have been few things to...
Hollister gets ready for sesquicentennial
A host of local agencies, organizations, groups and individuals are working together to put on a grand celebration of the City of Hollister’s 150th anniversary.
Among them is Diego Villalpando, a junior at San Benito High School, who has offered to create a public time...
June 7 ballot features full slate of local candidates
San Benito County voters will have an abundance of choices for numerous local offices that will appear on the June 7 primary ballot.
The local ballot features the newly redrawn 18th U.S. Congressional District, three county supervisors seats, district attorney’s office, sheriff-coroner and more. The...
Earth Day celebration scheduled for April 23
San Benito County invites the community to celebrate Earth Day this Saturday with environmental education and recycling programs, awards and interactive activities for people of all ages.
The festivities will take place 1-4pm April 23 at Carl Martin Luck City Library and Park in San...
Homelessness continues to rise near San Juan Road
Special to the Free Lance
San Benito County officials and property owners continue to seek more funding to provide more services for local homeless people, and to reduce the unhoused population.
The San Benito County Board of Supervisors discussed some of the possibilities when they met...
Rib Cook-off returns to San Juan Bautista April 29-May1
The Great San Juan Bautista Rib Cook-off returns April 29-30 and May 1. Organizers will close down the streets of historic San Juan Bautista to make way for the festival of ribs, crafts and music.
Award-winning teams will prepare and serve tender, slow-cooked barbecue ribs...
Woman killed in Gilroy in 1993 identified as Oregon mother
After nearly 30 years, detectives from the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office have identified a woman whose body was left on the side of a road in unincorporated Gilroy, according to authorities.
Oregon resident Patricia “Patsy” Skiple, who was about age 45 at the time...
Police: Drunk driver crashes into cemetery, damages gravestones
Police arrested a 19-year-old woman after she drunkenly crashed into numerous gravestones and burial sites at a Hollister cemetery, authorities said.
About 6:47pm April 13, someone called Hollister Police to report there had been a vehicle collision at Calvary Cemetery, 1100 Hillcrest Road, Hollister Police...
Mission possible
Three friends and their dog stopped in San Juan Bautista April 7 on their “pilgrimage” that began in San Diego on Ash Wednesday (March 3) and continued north with overnight stops at the California Missions.
Their goal is to visit all 21 California Missions and...
Holiday blessing
More than 1,000 motorcyclists rolled through Hollister April 10 for the Top Hatters’ annual Palm Sunday bike blessing.
The 2022 event, which took place at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, was the 29th annual bike blessing organized by the Top Hatters Motorcycle Club, according to longtime...
