Updated: Water-main study delayed by master plan
A water main broke that broke Thursday on Fourth Street near the sheriff’s office headquarters will indefinitely shut off a portion of the busy road – while another main later failed on the west side – becoming the latest in a series of more than a dozen malfunctions for the downtown system in recent years.
Updated: Water mains break on Fourth Street, Madera Court
A water main broke on Fourth Street Thursday night near the sheriff’s office headquarters and will shut off a portion of the busy road for an indefinite amount of time.
Water official challenging for District 5 seat
Sonny Flores to oppose two-term Supervisor Jaime De La Cruz in
Flores to challenge De La Cruz for board seat
Sonny Flores, the current board president for the San Benito County Water District, has pulled papers from the elections office indicating intentions to run against Supervisor Jaime De La Cruz for his District 5 seat.
Taxicab confessions: A third Hollister carrier spurs feuding
Third carrier in Hollister stirs battle of words among taxi
Auditor issues financial warning on California bullet train
California's $98.5-billion bullet train project has become "increasingly risky" because of uncertainty about where the money will come from to finish even the first phase, the state auditor warned Tuesday.
Hollister school bus service on chopping block
The Hollister School District Board of Trustees will meet Jan. 24 to discuss steps to deal with a complete cut in state funding for school transportation, while the San Benito High School District plans to maintain its program in full.
County submits late pay report to the state
San Benito County has released its annual report of employee compensation as of June 30, 2010 to the California State Controller’s office, after the local government’s report had previously been listed as delinquent.
City to shift some RDA payouts into other funding sources
As the Hollister Redevelopment Agency prepares to shut its doors for good Feb. 1, officials are readying to find other funding sources to fill a gap that includes hundreds of thousands of dollars allocated annually from the RDA toward the general city workforce.
Hollister demonstrators protest in-home health cuts
Residents Thursday protested outside the San Benito County Administration Building and argued that the 20 percent cut to the state’s in-home supportive services threatens "the well-being of thousands of elderly and disabled Californians and the livelihoods of those who care for them," according to the announcement from the South Bay AFL-CIO Labor Council.
