Politics

The San Benito County Elections Department is conducting an Alternate Residency Confirmation Process (ARCOP) postcard mailing, per Elections Code Section 2224 in order to reduce election cost and maintain the most current active voter file for the upcoming June 5, 2017 Primary Election. This...

With the new year fast approaching, Hollister will be a different place when it comes to the holy green. The Hollister City Council and other jurisdictions across California have taken steps to prepare for recreational cannabis, a new industry that is expected to bring more...

Three people, their identities under wraps by city officials, were interviewed for the City of San Juan Bautista’s top administrative job last week during a closed session city council meeting. The city has been searching for a permanent city manager since the former administrator abruptly...

The City of Hollister is accepting bids for legal services to represent the Hollister City Council. “The council requested we do this a few months ago, we went and had it prepared,” City Manager Bill Avera said. The request for proposal process will be open until...

San Benito County District Attorney Candice Hooper said she will ask a special forensic accountant to investigate possible fraud or theft by county School Board President Mitchell Dabo, in connection with missing funds from a local charitable trust. But there is a catch. Hooper said...

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...

San Benito County Board of Supervisors Chairman Jamie De La Cruz announced on Tuesday his opposition to a potential $248 million bond measure for Gavilan College. The Gavilan Joint Community College District Board of Trustees is considering placing a potential bond measure on the November...

The San Benito County Board of Supervisors this week approved $275,000 in additional funding for repairs to the Pacheco Creek levee system, damaged during last winter’s storms. The allocation at a special Tuesday meeting followed previous board action in October that dedicated $350,000 of general...

San Juan Bautista Mayor Chris Martorana this week tried and failed to remove city Planning Commission Chairman John Hopper from the planning body without cause. In its public discussion of the mayor’s proposal at a special meeting of the San Juan Bautista City Council, the...

The lawsuit filed by the Community Foundation for San Benito County against the president of the San Benito County Board of Education, Mitchell Dabo, is finally scheduled for trial on Monday, Nov. 13. At stake is at least $1.8 million that the foundation is seeking...