SBHS board violates meetings law with closed session on top official
The San Benito High School superintendent and five trustees gathered at a special workshop Saturday morning to discuss a breakdown of trust and communication among officials, but violated the state open meetings law by following it with a closed session that had been absent from the agenda until that morning.
Hollister council OKs $92k donation to nonprofits
Hollister City Council members Monday approved giving away $92,050 to 12 local nonprofit organizations.
City has yet to cite anyone under social host law
While the police department readies for a new daytime curfew law targeting teen delinquents, it has not issued a single citation using the social host ordinance – targeting parents who encourage bad behavior to their children – since its enactment in April 2010.
Public Comment: No fracking, Aromas residents tell board
The San Benito County officials heard from members of the public and two spokespeople from oil interests at Tuesday's supervisors' meeting.
Hopkins withdraws from Gavilan TA7 race
Jason Hopkins, a candidate in Trustee Area 7 for the Gavilan Community College Joint District Board of Trustees, has withdrawn from the race, citing “personal and health reasons.”
Hopkins, however, will still appear on the Nov. 6 ballot and told the Free Lance that he...
