Politics

The San Benito County Sheriff's Office has been reorganized to shore up management without adding any additional personnel or increasing the budget.

Hollister City Council members Monday voted unanimously to eliminate time limits for downtown parking lots.

San Benito County supervisors will discuss two issues related to healthcare at Tuesday’s meeting, set for 9 a.m. in the board chambers.

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.

At least in some areas of downtown, drivers may no longer have to worry about citations if they park for longer than two hours.

"Going Green TV" hosts David Huboi and Shawn Novack interviewed State Assemblyman Luis Alejo for the episode taped on Feb. 22.

The Homeless Coalition of San Benito County and the Farm Labor Association will be working with the board of supervisors to mediate a conflict that has arisen this winter season over the use of kitchen facilities at the migrant camp on Southside Road.

There is renewed interest from property owners and a developer to possibly build thousands of homes on the El Rancho San Benito land where DMB proposed the 6,800-unit community before departing nearly three years ago.

The San Juan Bautista City Council is set to consider whether to donate money to the "Save San Juan Valley" lawsuit against Caltrans' plans for Highway 156 expansion.

The San Benito County Supervisors on Tuesday at 9 a.m. will hold a special board meeting in which they will discuss budget items, including a report from an ad-hoc committee on the public defender contracts.