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Patricia Ward has resigned from the San Benito County Board of Education after serving for 43 years, and officials are preparing to appoint a new board member to replace her. Anyone who lives in County Office of Education District 5 can apply for the appointed...

The San Benito County Arts Council is joining arts organizations throughout the region to implement the California Arts Council’s Creative Economies in Action initiative.  The effort will begin with a statewide engagement tour and public town hall in January, says a press release from the...

Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital staff Dec. 20 were presented with Certificates of Appreciation from the staff of the Master of Science Physician Assistant Program at California State University Monterey Bay. HHMH has partnered with CSUMB for their Physician Assistant Program to provide clinical rotations for...

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection has declared that wildfire season will start May 18 in San Benito County.

While California K-12 students will still be required to wear masks once the state's indoor mask mandate ends this week, one of the state’s top health officials said Monday that a decision on in-school mask requirements could be made by the end of the...

For San Benito High swimming coaches Eric Taylor and Chelsea Marquez, the joy in coaching comes in seeing their athletes improve, learn life lessons and have fun in the process.  To that end, Marquez and Taylor are thoroughly enjoying their time working together as the...

It seems like an eternity since Jackson Pace made a verbal commitment to play baseball for the University of Southern California (USC). On Nov. 10, the San Benito High senior made things official by signing his national letter of intent in front of family...

Two minutes after the polls closed in California, CNN called the Prop 50 race at the starting gate, predicting that voters had approved the change in the state’s Congressional Districts. At 8:15pm Nov. 4, with nearly 4,000 of the state's 18,399 precincts counted, about 21%,...

A series of fires in downtown Hollister destroyed two family-owned businesses early in the morning Nov. 2, and authorities are investigating the cause of the blazes.

San Benito County has issued a mandatory evacuation order for residents of Mission RV Park and those who live along State Route 156, according to a press release from the county.  Specifically, those who live on the south side of Highway 156 between The Alameda...