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The San Benito County Board of Supervisors on Dec. 15 approved labor agreements with five union groups as well as unrepresented employees and department heads.

Police and state Fish and Wildlife authorities discovered more than 11,000 allegedly illegal marijuana plants and a laundry list of suspected environmental, building code, controlled substance and firearms violations on 12 parcels in San Benito County last week. On July 9, officers from the California...

Voters in San Benito County Supervisorial District 5 will have a chance to vote whether to recall their incumbent in the June 2 election.  The local registrar of voters’ office has consolidated the recall election of Supervisor Ignacio Velazquez onto the statewide 2026 gubernatorial primary...

Tenants in California will have twice as much time to respond to eviction notices and potentially avoid losing their homes under a bill signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sept. 24. The new law comes amid a statewide housing crisis, and after a...

The fireworks provided by the San Benito High softball team came way of Giana Perez and the new lights at Ray Barragan Stadium, which flickered and strobed on command at high points in the Haybalers’ Pacific Coast League Gabilan Division game against Alvarez High...

The Hollister Farms shopping center project was close to being shut down but the Hollister City Council came to the rescue by unanimously approving a resolution to use an economic development subsidy of $4.25 million that will keep it from going under. City Manager Brett...

For the seventh year in a row, Hollister High School has been ranked as a “Best High School” by U.S. News & World Report—an annual comprehensive report that identifies top-performing schools nationwide. The 2025-26 U.S. News & World Report rankings place Hollister High in the...

Hartman makes President’s List Jenna Hartman, of Hollister, was named to the Schreiner University President’s List for the spring semester.   To be eligible for the President's List, full-time students must earn at least a 4.0 grade point average for the term, passing all classes, and have...

Heat wave expected through July 6 The first major heat wave of the year is hitting the Bay Area as of Tuesday afternoon. Most of the Bay Area and neighboring counties are under National Weather Service-issued heat advisories or excessive heat warnings, as temperatures are expected...

Update: 6:30pm Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital began administering the first batch of Covid-19 vaccinations to its staff on Wednesday as soon as they received a shipment of 230 doses sent by the state. On Dec. 16, the hospital posted on its Facebook page that they “immediately...