Politics

As a former admissions officer at two different colleges, Miguel Sahagun Jr. knows what it takes for a high school graduate to make the leap into higher education. However, the San Benito High School alumnus also realizes how valuable a technical education can be as...

Would you like to be a City Council member, but avoid the time and expense of an election? The Hollister City Council has rejected an option of scheduling a special council election next spring, and instead is accepting applications for an appointment to the District...

The Hollister City Council election season may only be a couple weeks old, but in at least one district, the gloves are off and one candidate said he is the victim of some low blows. The District 2 City Council race took an unlikely turn...

The final ballots have been set for the Nov. 6 election, and the 2018 local political season begins in earnest. In Hollister, both the mayor and city council seats are up for grabs. Two county supervisor seats also are on the ballot. The Free Lance sent questionnaires...

The City of Hollister will be charging higher fees for a wide range of services following an Aug. 20 unanimous vote by the City Council. The fees applied to four departments; the city Recreation Division, Fire Department, Police Department and Development Services Department. Many classes through...

Election season has officially begun in San Benito County, with the filing period ending Aug. 10. Topping the list of hotly contested races will be the race for mayor of Hollister, where two-term incumbent Ignacio Velazquez faces three challengers. Velazquez filed his candidacy paperwork days...

A wide range of fees that are paid out of pocket to government agencies by San Benito County residents may be raised. A new schedule of fees, set to be approved at a Board of Supervisors meeting Aug. 21, outlines what residents pay for...

With the filing period for candidates set to close Aug. 10, voters likely will have choices in all of the races for Hollister City Council and San Benito County Board of Supervisors. As of July 31, several candidates had filed to run for mayor and...

Eight months after a Superior Court judge ruled that San Benito County Board of Education Trustee Mitchell Dabo violated California probate laws when he transferred more than $640,000 from a charitable trust to his person accounts, the fate of an ongoing criminal probe could...

San Benito voters approved Measure C on Tuesday,with 58 percent in favor of setting up a tax structure for future expansion of the county’s budding cannabis business into unincorporated San Benito County. With citizens of Hollister and San Juan Bautista excluded from the vote, the...