Politics

The San Benito County Board of Supervisors approved waivers to continue a salary reduction and to contribute 4 percent of their pay to the PERS retirement fund at a May 1 supervisors meeting.

Hollister officials say that a new policy is working well that calls for a police captain to pay 5 cents per mile for use of a city patrol car he uses on a daily commute with a round trip of around 100 miles.

The San Benito County Board of Supervisors is set to vote Tuesday on whether to approve a contract with the City of Hollister to provide fire protection services for the county.

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.