Politics

What started with Hollister’s Joan Sattler browsing a weekly Hollister Downtown Association email blast – which included a link to the state’s unclaimed property database – has spurred the local woman’s crusade to help others obtain their money.

While city officials received a courtesy call last week that their application for a community development block grant had been denied, they were still awaiting more information this week on the rating of their application to see if there is any room for improvement during next year's application cycle.

With Councilwoman Pauline Valdivia absent at this week’s meeting, Hollister council members were deadlocked on the dates for a 2013 air show.

South Santa Clara County’s 50-plus-year honeymoon with the 408 is over, and telephone users are encouraged to get their dialing fingers warmed up to welcome a new area code to town.

San Benito County received word last week that it will be getting $500,000 in community development block grant funding after a state snafu almost dubbed the jurisdiction's application ineligible in May.

Imagine if detectives at a modern sheriff’s office worked out of a closet, with just enough room to jam a desk in there.

Beginning next month, Californians for the first time will be able to use the Internet to register to vote, giving them about six weeks of online access to register in time to participate in the Nov. 6 presidential election.

Although voters will make the decision on the November ballot for an extension to the 1 percent sales tax, the city’s first at-large mayor – if the measure passes – would be tasked with leading council members in deciding how to best spend the $3.2 million annually.