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The San Benito County Public Health Department on Wednesday announced that the State of California expanded the Place of Worship guidance to include outdoor religious services and cultural services.  According to a press release, the services include weddings–religious or nonreligious–provided that physical distancing is practiced.  Secular...

It’s Friday afternoon and Linda Lampe is running later than usual preparing more than 100 meals to be distributed throughout San Benito County.  This was right after coming back from delivering food boxes to 165 families in San Juan Bautista, followed by putting together food...

Hollister City Council members are at odds again as an investigation was launched to determine if one member’s trip across the country was authorized.  Hollister Council member Honor Spencer said during the June 15 meeting that she attended the National League of Cities conference in...

A 29-year-old Aromas man died after his Honda Civic collided head-on with a tractor-trailer on Highway 129 Monday morning, according to authorities.

During March and April, the number of traffic collisions and arrests of intoxicated drivers dropped dramatically statewide compared to the previous year, according to the California Highway Patrol.

San Benito County officials will allow businesses such as waxing salons and tattoo parlors to begin reopening at the end of the week.  According to a press release, County Interim Public Health Officer Dr. David Ghilarducci approved for the county to move into Stage 3...

An 18-year-old man died in a single-vehicle accident on Highway 25 Sunday night, according to authorities.

Authorities are responding to a brush fire in the Park Hill area of downtown Hollister.

San Benito County Interim Public Health Officer Dr. David Ghilarducci June 9 announced that more sectors of the county will reopen by the end of the week, despite data showing that new Covid-19 cases are rising.  Ghilarducci said during Tuesday’s County Board of Supervisors special...

Selecting students for the Hollister Free Lance’s senior spotlights for Anzar High School’s Class of 2020 was no enviable task. That’s why we make the principal and school staff sort it out. These students have navigated the labyrinth of high school hurdles, and we...