Hollister City Council rejects latest counter offer for fire services contract
Negotiations will continue on a new fire services contract agreement among the City of Hollister, San Benito County and San Juan Bautista, after Hollister’s city council this week rejected the latest offer from the other two jurisdictions.
At the April 21 Hollister council meeting, the...
Whitman promises to create jobs in visit to the area
Crates of garlic and green peppers flanked gubernatorial
Bill would allow San Juan Bautista to redirect penalty funds to wastewater projects
A State Senate bill sponsored by the City of San Juan Bautista would give small communities more flexibility when faced with state water quality fines. The legislation known as SB 1081, introduced this week by State Sen. John Laird, would allow cities to invest...
Meeting Preview: State, city at odds over former RDA’s payment schedule
The State Department of Finance has questioned certain funding obligations scheduled by the city while acting as the redevelopment successor agency.
Hundreds protest on ‘No Kings Day’ in Hollister
Millions of people in cities and towns throughout the nation joined the “No Kings” protest on June 14—a crowd that included several hundred protesters in southeast Hollister.
The event was organized in 2,000 cities in the U.S. to protest President Donald Trump’s immigration policies, and...
County board appoints Muenzer as chairman
The county board Tuesday voted Supervisor Jerry Muenzer as the chairman of the San Benito County Board of Supervisors for 2014. He succeeds Supervisor Anthony Botelho, who served as last year’s chairman.
