Politics

You might wonder why the WBC interim welterweight boxing champion from Gilroy appears to be showing his support for a Hollister mayoral candidate on campaign signs cropping up here last week.

When presented with two conceptual designs for a regional park based on input from community workshops, the San Benito County parks and recreation commissioners decided to go back to consultants to request a third option.

The Santa Clara County planning commission will hear three appeals to the Cordoba Center mosque project in San Martin Tuesday.

Many counties and cities throughout the nation organize community events to honor those lost in the terrorist attacks 11 years ago on Sept. 11. At the very least, citizens have come to expect their local government institutions to lower American flags to half-staff.  

Local organizations have scheduled three separate election forums in the coming weeks.

A voluntary federal government program to create conservation easements along the Central Valley foothills is coming up against resistance in San Benito County, with supervisors prepared to draft a resolution opposing the program.

An Aromas group wants San Benito County to tighten controls on oil and gas drilling and is seeking a six-month moratorium on new wells in the meantime.

San Benito County roads will be more crowded by 2035 – and not just because of population growth.

Karminder Brown's family is not poor, but she said they might be if they had to purchase all the books and resources her children use at the San Benito County Free Library each week.

Roadways could get more crowded