Politics

Hollister council members Monday night are set to consider a proposal to mandate closure of bars at midnight during the motorcycle rally, an idea that has one establishment’s owner “praying” officials reject it.

In taking up a non-agendized issue Monday, Hollister council members violated the state open meetings law by straying off the scheduled topic and engaging in open discussions when the agenda merely mentioned receiving a presentation, according to the legal counsel for the state newspaper association.

Residents used to spending Wednesday afternoons perusing booths

The Hollister City Council on Monday decided against changing

San Benito County Supervisor Jerry Muenzer said his short time in Washington, D.C. last week to testify before a legislative subcommittee on the benefits of making Pinnacles National Monument a national park was “very worthwhile.”

Citadel Exploration is weighing the use of conventional techniques for oil extraction – instead of long-planned steam injections – at the Project Indian site in southern San Benito County, a company spokesman confirmed to the Free Lance.

Hollister

The City Council approved a five-year extension Monday on its

County supervisors Tuesday will hear about prospective costs to fix local roads and possibly use a sales tax to do it.