Politics

With the Veterans Memorial Building facing about a $75,000 annual operating deficit, Hollister officials have been in talks with local veterans groups about the potential for the organizations to take on operations and maintenance of the property.

San Benito County supervisors unanimously appointed three members to the five-member Tres Pinos Water District board Tuesday.

The San Benito County supervisors are set to adopt the final budget for 2012-13 at Tuesday’s meeting.

Founders of a Gilroy charter school who have their eyes set on opening a similar school in Hollister next fall were “thrilled” with the outcome of a Hollister School District board vote Tuesday offering conditional approval of the petition.

The Hollister School District on Tuesday approved a contract and conditional approval of a petition to open a charter school in Hollister for the 2013-14 school year.

There won’t be quite the dramatic ending that appeared imminent, after early election results, in the Hollister School District race.

The Hollister City Council approved an update to the taxicab ordinance at the most recent meeting – the first comprehensive update to the law in 66 years.

Two years after Gilroy Prep School opened its doors and made big waves for receiving the highest Academic Performing Index Score in the district’s history, a pivotal moment is approaching Tuesday as charter school leaders cross their fingers and hope to receive the stamp of approval on their newest expansion effort.

Residents with wildlife problems – in both rural and urban parts of San Benito – no longer have county support for dealing with the pests.

The views around the John Smith Landfill may get greener in the future as county supervisors have directed staff to see how much it would cost to put in improvements and what funding sources might be available.