Politics

The county agreed to pay the Center for Biological Diversity $262,500 in attorneys' fees—an amount now owed to taxpayers by an oil company that indemnified the local government—as part of a settlement in a lawsuit over the Project Indian oil site, according to court documents.

Congressman Sam Farr released a statement following President Obama's State of the Union speech Tuesday night.

The county board Tuesday agreed to fund two additional deputies following Sheriff Darren Thompson's plea for more staffing.

The freshmen class of 2016-17 at San Benito High School may be in for some drastically different graduation requirements.

Hollister City Council members Tuesday are set to consider a contract with the Hollister Downtown Association for a 2015 motorcycle rally.

Hollister City Hall is getting a makeover and technology upgrade, with new TV screens in the council chambers as a showcase for the project.

Assemblyman Luis Alejo lauded the governor's budget plan in a statement released Friday, particularly $57.1 million toward implementation of the legislator's bill allowing driver's licenses for undocumented immigrants.

The company vying to build a 247-megawatt solar farm in Panoche recently submitted a draft supplemental environmental impact report addressing plans to address impacts under a revised, reduced proposal.

A $16 million bridge stretching 900 feet across the San Benito River is planned to connect Y Road and San Juan Bautista. But in this rural area, the number of people it will serve is small.

Ringing in the New Year means a host of resolutions along with new laws such as those on fracking and social media. Gov. Jerry Brown signed the following into law for 2015: