Politics

The Hollister City Council on Monday is scheduled to consider options for a prospective ballot question asking voters to extend the Measure T sales tax approved in November 2007.

Change to state requirement may make San Benito County ineligible to receive funding

The San Benito County Board of Supervisors appointed Maria Corona, the deputy director of Child Protective Services, as the interim director of the Health and Human Services Agency. She will take over when Kathy Flores retires on May 7 from the position.

Spring brings flowers and a fresh carpet of green to the hills surrounding San Benito County, but it also sprouts weeds that can eventually be a fire hazard or safety issue.

Kathy Flores is looking forward to a few things when she retires as director of the San Benito County Health and Human Services Agency on May 7. First, she wants to spend some time visiting her mother who lives in Southern California.

The next time an athlete chooses to fight professionally as a mixed martial arts fighter, they could have more freedom than ever before.

With cheering and applause from an audience topping 100, more than a dozen people voiced opposition to a toll road proposal last week in Los Banos.

San Benito County’s “Other Post-Employment Benefit Program” – or OPEB, pronounced oh-peb – is a perfect example of a generous and expensive program that was a lot easier to get into than it will be to escape.

San Juan Bautista will hold a town hall meeting next week to discuss fire protection in light of the county's move toward contracting with the City of Hollister for the services.

Local Assemblyman Luis Alejo is considering filing an ethics complaint against a Bakersfield assemblywoman for charging at a fundraiser that he doesn't say the Pledge of Allegiance during legislative sessions.