Letter: Councilman claims supervisor’s brother made threat over fire vote
Hollister City Councilman Doug Emerson submitted this letter to the editor. Look back for a story on the matter.
Highway 156 expansion still slated to start in summer 2019
The Highway 156 expansion remains a couple years away from starting, but that didn’t stop the California State Governor’s Office from including it on a list of key infrastructure projects released this week.
In 2008, Caltrans approved an environmental impact report for the project that...
Grand jury barks at animal shelter euthanasia rate
The Hollister Animal Control Bureau euthanized 1,411 animals last year, nearly half of what it impounded, according to a report by the San Benito County Civil Grand Jury.
Last week, the Hollister City Council approved the city’s response to the annual report, which also...
Public comment: Residents talk Clear Creek, CDBG grant and more
At Tuesday's San Benito County Board of Supervisors a handful of residents talked about items not on the agenda. One called for the supervisors to work with Congressman Sam Farr on reopening Clear Creek. Another talked about "new" revenue for San Benito County in the form of unclaimed property held at the state controller's office. Others talked about the importance of the CDBG grant funding and remembered 9/11 on the 11th anniversary of the tragedy.
County might call for statewide emergency over mussels
It has been almost four years since the discovery of invasive
