City expected to help fund Southside shelter playground
The City of Hollister will likely join a community-wide effort
County explores evaluation of future fire options
County supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved the release of a request for proposal to examine and evaluate future fire service options.
Recycled water to help conserve conventional supply
Local water guru Jeff Cattaneo told the Free Lance there is “significantly less” flow headed into the Hollister treatment plant in 2015 than there was eight years ago shortly before a long-standing building moratorium ended.
San Juan officials iron out details in proposed fire contract
Most San Juan Bautista council members Monday read over a proposed fire contract line by line as if a misspelling or improper acronym might lead to their deaths. Councilman Jim West, who didn’t bother bringing the contract document to the gathering, generally sat back and wasn’t part of the extraordinarily thorough examination.
County retreats on policy banning political activities
The county has agreed to settle with a union and pay it $10,000 after being challenged over a long-held policy banning the employees from posting political signs on their personal property.
