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As if high school football coaches weren’t busy enough, another layer was added to their duties when the coronavirus pandemic hit.

The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory for later this week, urging residents to drink plenty of fluids and try to stay as cool as possible. The heat advisory will be in effect from 11am June 16 to 1pm June 18, says a...

The Hollister Little League kicked off the 2022 season after it hosted the first set of tryouts at Veterans Memorial Park on Jan. 22. Each player demonstrated their ability to catch fly balls, hit and run around the bases. The second round of tryouts...

Since 1942, sailors assigned to the U.S. Navy’s Construction Force have been building and fighting around the world. Petty Officer 2nd Class Adon Olivares, a Hollister native, is one of those sailors. “My grandfather served in the Army and my dad also served, so I...

It’s springtime, and orange poppies, purple lupine and red paintbrush flowers color the hillsides at Juristac, a pristine hillside landscape in northern San Benito County and Southern Santa Clara County that is the site of a proposal for an open pit mining project.  In honor...

Two days after the Hollister football team scrimmaged five squads in a 7 on 7 passing league tournament on July 17 at Westmont High, quarterback Tyler Pacheco’s throwing arm was sore—and for good reason.   “I was feeling it Sunday and especially Monday morning after practice,”...

On Oct. 10, the Hollister High Scarlet Regiment Band united the past, present and future at their annual Pep Band Crossover Event. This beloved tradition brings together the talented musicians of Hollister High School with incoming middle school students, giving them a taste of...

Police arrested a man in Hollister who was reportedly pointing a gun at people and waving the weapon toward passing traffic, authorities said.  About 2pm Dec. 23, Hollister Police officers responded to the 100 block of Sally Street on reports that a male was sitting...

Longtime Hollister resident Larry Slonaker recently published his new novel, “Nothing Got Broke,” a murder mystery that is partly inspired by his upbringing and his previous career as a Bay Area newspaper journalist. The book’s plotline follows a “cat and mouse” conflict between two characters—one...

About 80 people gathered March 10 in the historic Aromas Community Grange after the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) selected the Pajaro River Watershed as one of five watersheds to pilot the Watershed Resilience Program. The initiative, which is supported by a $2 million...