Local News

The Hollister City Council voted Aug. 7 to partner with Sunnyslope Water District and approve wastewater service for the future Gavilan College site, Fairview Corners subdivision and Cielo Vista.  The city’s Domestic Wastewater Treatment Plant would take in the additional wastewater produced by these connections,...

Hollister Police are seeking information about a kitten found with severe burns covering its face and body. Police think the kitten was a victim of animal abuse.

Photographer and filmmaker Kirti Bassendine is bringing her documentary film “Contemporary Indigenous Voices of California’s South Coast Range” to an exclusive audience in Morgan Hill on Jan. 21.  The film explores the cultural practices and personal stories of 10 tribal community members calling attention to...

A driver died after colliding head on with a pickup truck on Shore Road in Hollister April 14, according to authorities.  The accident was reported about 5:24am near the intersection of Shore and Lake roads. California Highway Patrol officers arrived at the scene and determined...

Gavilan College aims to boost student enrollment even more with Rock and Enroll Day on Aug. 2.  The event, scheduled for 9am-2pm, is designed to help new and continuing students to prepare for the fall semester by providing access to key services in a single...

The Hollister Police Department is investigating reports that unknown people are posing as law enforcement and scamming elderly Hollister residents for large sums of money. On March 17, Hollister Police officers received a report from an elderly resident that on the previous day, an unknown...

Alfredo Zendejas, who is accused of killing two Hollister residents and injuring three others in a drive-by shooting, has been charged in court with numerous felonies in relation to the March 26 violence, according to authorities. At an April 4 arraignment hearing at the San...

The only memory Leon Malmed, 86, has of his parents was a tragic moment in July 1942, when French police—acting under orders of the country’s Nazi German occupiers—showed up at his family’s home to arrest the adults for being Jewish. It was also the...

The California News Publishers Association recognized the Hollister Free Lance for its pandemic reporting, handing the team an award as part of the 2021 California Journalism Awards on May 18. The Free Lance competed in the weekly newspaper circulation of 11,001-25,000 division. The publication received fifth...

San Benito High boys basketball coach Bo Buller was expecting the Haybalers football team to win a Central Coast Section championship and qualify for a state bowl game. As such, he would be without the services of two of his hoops standouts—Tyler Pacheco and Jayden...