Politics

The city’s website is partying like it’s not 1999.

The Hollister city council narrowly rejected an idea to close a section of Nash Road in front of the high school while students are in class, but the superintendent of the campus didn’t know the topic was up for a vote.

Panoche Valley Solar, which is developing the 247-megawatt solar farm in southern San Benito County, is hosting an open house to celebrate the opening of a new Hollister office. The open house is set for 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Feb. 5 at The Vault, 452 San Benito St.

Local State Assemblyman Luis Alejo has introduced a bill with a goal of preventing minority groups from being disenfranchised in elections, according to his office.

Upgrades are done to the Lessalt Water Treatment Plant as part of a broader plan to improve water quality in the Hollister area, according to the Hollister Urban Area Water Project.

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.