Politics

County supervisors in a 4-1 vote Tuesday reiterated their support in voting for a strict tree-cutting ordinance in light of the controversy at Ridgemark Golf & Country Club.

In 2014, Hollister became what actor Mark Ruffalo called “ground zero” in California for the fierce debate over fracking. Ruffalo's tweet sent Oct. 14—in which he made the local fracking reference—underscored the broad reach of the debate in San Benito County over Measure J.

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Assemblyman Luis Alejo sent a letter to the state requesting a denial of parole for Gustavo Marlow, who murdered two Hollister residents in the late 1980s and raped a Stockton prison laundry worker three years later.

School board trustees at a special meeting Friday afternoon approved lease-leaseback agreements for air conditioning, classroom modernization and upgrades for the Mattson Gym.

Hollister officials have estimated that law enforcement would cost $113,400 for a 2013 motorcycle rally – an amount that is less than one-third of the bill for security at the most recent biker event in 2008.

Hollister council members Monday unanimously approved hiring former Fire Chief Bill Garringer as interim chief.

After five months of backroom jockeying and another six-hour meeting behind closed doors, California Assembly Democrats agreed Nov. 10 to a lengthy transition that will see Robert Rivas succeed Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon next summer. Emerging from a ballroom at the Sacramento Convention Center, Rivas,...