Politics

The League of United Latin American Citizens on Nov. 11 will present its 22nd annual Veterans Breakfast. It is set for 7 a.m. to noon at the San Benito High School cafeteria. The price is $8, and the public is invited.

A strip mall store in Hollister where people played electronic gaming machines and won prizes shuttered its doors this weekend shortly after the Free Lance published a story about it Friday evening.

The San Benito County Fire Protection Committee will meet Thursday, at 8:30 a.m., at Hollister City Hall, 375 Fifth St., in Hollister. The committee includes representatives from the County of San Benito, Hollister and San Juan Bautista, as well as representatives from the fire agencies that service the county and cities.

The San Benito County supervisors gave direction to the county parks and recreation commissioners to begin hosting public meetings to look at options for a community services district that would fund future projects.

The two candidates who missed Thursday's deadline for submitting

Ignacio Velazquez will sell his downtown restaurant, The

City Manager Bill Avera reported on the 2016 Hollister Motorcycle Rally at this week's city council meeting and prompted concern from council members about staff costs and vendor fees.

A Hollister engineer technician in July sought feedback over his work email from City Manager Bill Avera about a campaign-like sign relating to a special sales tax, according to email records obtained by the Free Lance.

Council members Monday voted 3-1 to waive in-lieu fees for an upcoming senior housing development, opting instead to receive a one-time payment of $1 million. According to city documents, the total in-lieu fee for the project as of June 2017 is $1,515,000. Miller Homes, Inc., developer...