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The Hollister Certified Farmers’ Market is now open every Wednesday from 3-7:30pm. It will run until September 29. The weekly downtown event takes place on Sixth Street between San Benito and East streets. It features vendors selling fresh produce and flowers along with local...

It’s always tough to run a leg of the 4x400 meter relay as the final event in a high school track and field meet, especially after competing in a couple of individual events prior. But that’s exactly what Ramon Duran and Zach Sims did...

The buzz of graduation season is in the air as San Benito County high schools prepare for their upcoming commencements that will start to take place this week.   The San Benito High Class of 2021 participated in graduation practice on June 2 to get a...

For at least the second time in less than a month, police delivered the Narcan medication to a San Benito County resident June 1 who had just suffered a drug overdose, according to authorities. Hollister Police officers, fire personnel and medics from American Medical Response...

The San Benito County Office of Education honored its Classified and Certificated Employees of the Year in an online ceremony May 26. This year’s awards were particularly well deserved as the awardees overcame unprecedented challenges brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic and the shift to...

Magaly Del Rio had to grow up faster than most of her peers. By age 11, she was already babysitting her two younger siblings for several hours a week, a byproduct of her family’s financial situation at the time. During her junior year at...

A group of local LGBTQ community members, along with their friends and families, flocked to downtown Hollister to kick off the start of Pride Month in San Benito County.  Aislinn Barnes of Hollister had the privilege of raising the rainbow pride flag in front of...

When she was in the first or second grade, Faith Fernandez came home from school one day and started talking to her parents about colleges. The story goes that her dad, Joe, replied to her, “You’re going to Stanford.” Talk about high expectations.  “Ever since...

From the moment she participated in a swim camp at Cal Berkeley several years ago, Jaya Waller put it in her mind that she was going to attend the prestigious university one day. On March 16, the soon-to-be San Benito High graduate read an...

When Robin Johnson was 3 or 4 years old, she wanted to learn everything her older brother was doing.   “My brother was 5 at the time and starting school, and I told my parents to teach me math and that I was always interested in...