Politics

The Hollister City Council has appointed planning official Bill Avera as interim city manager.

In this interview excerpt, hear Aurelio Zuniga from the Hollister LULAC chapter explain the group's allegations that the Gavilan College board violated the state open meetings law when it approved College President Steve Kinsella's $42,000 annual pay hike.

As Hollister officials await word on the future of redevelopment agencies in California, one likely outcome remains clear locally: The city's own RDA will have relatively few discretionary dollars to spend in the final 12 years of allowed program activity.

The Hollister City Council voted unanimously on all but one item

The county board is upholding a planning commission decision to allow a Verizon Wireless tower at the Sunnyslope Water District tanks along Fairview Road.

San Benito County currently has no provider of non-emergency ambulance services, and it became a concern for county officials as they renewed the contract with American Medical Response for 911 responses.

The Hollister Police Department is asking for the council's direction on the possible funding of a traffic officer with money provided through an assembly bill.

Jim West, Chris Martorana and Tony Boch took the early lead in the race for three open San Juan Bautista council seats, according to early results released Tuesday.

California's $98.5-billion bullet train project has become "increasingly risky" because of uncertainty about where the money will come from to finish even the first phase, the state auditor warned Tuesday.