County takes steps toward library fees for builders
County supervisors took "baby steps" Tuesday toward establishing new library impact fees charged to developers of new homes.
Updated: Owner of destroyed building calls city’s action ‘witch hunt’
City officials were weighing use of $100,000 to clean up a downtown property destroyed in a March fire and claim the owner of the building had been living in an illegally converted portion of the site at the time of the blaze.
Despite SJB franchise ban, Arco station back on the table
San Juan Bautista officials in August reinstated a long-held ban against franchise businesses, but an exemption in that 2007 version of the law allows the city to approve franchise businesses such as the proposed, debated gas station at Windmill Market, the city manager told the Free Lance.
Meeting Preview: San Juan council to discuss 5-year capital plan
San Juan Bautista City Council members this week are scheduled to discuss the city's capital plan.
City weighs launching newsletter for $20K a year
Hollister council members Monday night are set to consider launching a city newsletter – a quarterly publication put together by planning department staff members that would cost $5,000 for each edition’s design, printing and distribution.
Updated: Water-main study delayed by master plan
A water main broke that broke Thursday on Fourth Street near the sheriff’s office headquarters will indefinitely shut off a portion of the busy road – while another main later failed on the west side – becoming the latest in a series of more than a dozen malfunctions for the downtown system in recent years.
Supervisor refuses to honor retiring Caltrans director
In the world of local government, proclamations honoring employees’ service to the community are typically met with a few polite comments, a round of smiles and sometimes applause from the elected representatives giving out the recognition.
Hollister mayor lists off goals for the year
Newly-appointed Mayor Victor Gomez on Monday announced a set of
