Politics

San Juan Bautista’s crew staffing the main fire engine there, typically parked blocks from the blaze that damaged a home on Franklin Circle last week, had been swapping equipment away from the station when it first got a call, adding to its response time, explained Interim Hollister Fire Department Chief Bill Garringer.

The San Benito County Board of Supervisors took steps Tuesday to begin new energy conservation measures at county buildings, including potentially constructing solar panels. County leaders listened to a presentation by ENGIE Services US, the North American branch of an international energy company, that reported...

San Benito County supervisors are considering an ordinance to ban outdoor growth of marijuana in unincorporated areas and restrict indoor growth to 12 plants.

A proposed public aquatic center in Hollister will not proceed as planned because the proposed site at San Benito High School is in an earthquake zone. “Unfortunately since late last week, the geologic report came back and the no-build zone for the earthquake fault...

Primary Election Coverage

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Hollister

In a raucous three-hour debate before an overflow audience punctuated by tears, shouts and legalese, the Hollister City Council voted 3-1 on June 3 to allow a multi-purpose development plan in the center of downtown to move forward. The council vote upheld a planning commission...

San Benito County is set to have one of the strictest anti-marijuana laws in the state after the board's 3-2 approval Tuesday supporting a ban against all outdoor medical pot grows in unincorporated areas.