New Year signals kick-off for 2012 campaigns
The start of the New Year also signaled the official kick-off for some local offices as well.
Hollister council designates city as RDA ‘successor agencies’
In a special meeting Monday night, the Hollister City Council voted 4-0 to designate the City of Hollister as the “Successor Agency” and “Successor Housing Agency” to the Hollister Redevelopment Agency in the event the RDA is dissolved as required by current state law.
Racial tensions overshadow hearing on affordable project
Racial tensions and segregation concerns over an affordable housing proposal on the west side added to an already chaotic public hearing Tuesday, as city council members repeatedly traded barbs with speakers and fostered an open, heated dialogue that defied open-meeting rules.
SBC fair director retires, continues job part time
To save the fair, manager retires, gets re-hired as
Sunnyslope water district names new director
Former Napa public works chief replaces retired Yamaoka
Hollister officials stay hopeful for RDA fix
Days after the California State Supreme Court ruled that the legislature has the right to abolish redevelopment agencies but cannot require cities to make a payment to keep the agencies open, Hollister city officials are looking into the next step they need to take for life without an RDA while remaining hopeful that the legislature may come up with a last-minute reprieve.
Los Banos mayor blasts Hwy. 152 plan as money grab
Plans to use money from Merced County to widen Highway 152 in neighboring areas and create a toll road to pay for it have drawn the ire of Los Banos Mayor Mike Villalta.
