Judge rules in favor of Panoche solar project in latest lawsuit
Judge Harry Tobias on Thursday ruled against environmental groups challenging the Panoche Valley Solar Project whose owners hope to start construction in the coming months.
‘This is the end of a journey 10 months in length’
Darren Thompson is headed toward being the new sheriff-elect as
City weighs launching newsletter for $20K a year
Hollister council members Monday night are set to consider launching a city newsletter – a quarterly publication put together by planning department staff members that would cost $5,000 for each edition’s design, printing and distribution.
San Juan resident: ‘Like our own bridge to nowhere’
A $16 million bridge stretching 900 feet across the San Benito River is planned to connect Y Road and San Juan Bautista. But in this rural area, the number of people it will serve is small.
Congressman Farr: ‘I haven’t had issues with steam extraction’
After it became clear Measure J would pass Tuesday night at initiative supporters’ headquarters, Congressman Sam Farr told the crowd that their efforts could “wake up” the rest of the state’s counties and communities throughout the nation. Farr in an interview after the speech, however, told the Free Lance he wasn’t opposed to cyclic steaming, a practice banned in the local initiative and one that is used at a massive oil field in his home county.
Alejo, Cannella aim to relieve county of $3.5M owed to state
Assemblyman Luis Alejo and State Sen. Anthony Cannella are reintroducing a previously defeated bill to relieve the county of $3.5 million in owed property taxes.
