Politics

In the election for three seats on the San Juan Bautista City Council, Eduardo Guaracha, Elise Brentnall and incumbent Jackie Morris-Lopez lead the four-candidate field, according to the San Benito County Registrar of Voters office.  Leading the field as of 1:26am Nov. 4 is Guaracha...

The Nov. 3 general election ballot included numerous seats on school boards throughout San Benito County.  In the race for the San Benito County Board of Education District 4 seat, incumbent Reb Monaco trails Ed Schmidt by a wide margin, according to results posted at...

Early general election results show Brian Chavez and incumbent Dolores Morales barely holding leads for Hollister City Council Districts 2 and 3, respectively. Former Councilmember Tim Burns leads his closest challenger by five percentage points for Mayor of Hollister, and Ignacio Velazquez leads in...

San Benito County Registrar of Voters Francisco Diaz confirmed that armed federal agents visited the elections office on Lana Way on Oct. 23 and hand-delivered a letter from the Department of Justice that included a list of noncitizens who are allegedly registered to vote...

Dolores Huerta, whose name and face became synonymous with agricultural workers’ nationwide struggles for fair treatment, who co-founded United Farmworkers (UFW) union with Cesar Chavez and who kept tirelessly advocating for laborers well into her ninth decade, died Thursday at her home in Bakersfield....

The Hollister City Council voted in closed session on Oct. 21 to fire City Manager Ana Cortez, who has been the subject of increasing criticism for her approach to cutting costs and issuing layoff notices to dozens of city employees in recent weeks.  All 36...

San Benito County Elections officials said they have found “a minor clerical error” on the Spanish page count of the Nov. 3 ballot.  On the ballots that were printed and delivered to registered voters, the fifth page is labeled as “página 6 de 6” (Page...

The Hollister City Council voted in closed session on Oct. 21 to fire City Manager Ana Cortez, who has been the subject of increasing criticism for her approach to cutting costs and issuing layoff notices to dozens of city employees in recent weeks.  After the...

The Hollister City Council emerged from a late-night closed session Oct. 19 without City Manager Ana Cortez, and with a unanimous vote to ask dozens of city employees back to the negotiating table after Cortez gave layoff notices to them last week.  The council approved...

Less than two weeks after borrowing $18 million just to be able to make payroll, the City of Hollister has sent layoff notices to numerous employees, including civilian police department staff who support patrol and investigation operations.  Hollister Police Sgt. Bo Leland, who is President...