Tax collector to open Friday for payment deadline
Usually, the San Benito County Tax Collector's Office is closed Fridays due to budget cutbacks. That won't be the case this week, however, because a crucial deadline for payments falls on that day.
County weighs use of funds for Ebola preparation
The county is looking to use $66,157 in funds from the California Department of Public Health for services and training related to the Ebola virus.
City, school district pool ideas for Nash Road
Hollister council members and San Benito High School trustees reopened a contentious discussion about the future for a section of Nash Road, a street bisecting the campus that belongs to the county and city.
Mayor urges hike to illegal fireworks fine after incident
In response to Saturday night’s incident involving the use of illegal fireworks injuring five Hollister children, Mayor Ignacio Velazquez on Sunday urged for an increase to the $1,000 fine against people caught with illegal fireworks.
Updated: Owner of destroyed building calls city’s actions ‘witch hunt’
City officials are weighing use of $100,000 to clean up a downtown property destroyed in a March fire and claiming the owner of the building had been living in an illegally converted portion of the site at the time of the blaze.
Updated: Dispensary owner seeks voter approval of medical marijuana
The owner of a medical marijuana dispensary that has been operating on Highway 25 in San Benito County has plans to circulate countywide initiatives in regards to the legalization and taxation of medical marijuana, to potentially appear on a statewide ballot in June 2014.
