Updated: Owner of destroyed building calls city’s actions ‘witch hunt’
City officials are weighing use of $100,000 to clean up a downtown property destroyed in a March fire and claiming the owner of the building had been living in an illegally converted portion of the site at the time of the blaze.
Hollister agrees to hire headhunter
The Hollister City Council unanimously approved spending $25,000 to hire a recruiting firm to find a new city manager, with City Councilmember Honor Spencer absent from the vote.
The city voted to hire CPS HR Consulting, A Sacramento based firm, which, according to its...
County board OKs resolution for Measure J exemptions
County supervisors Tuesday OK'd a resolution setting up procedures for potential exemptions in Measure J if the initiative passes next month.
Pride 2012: ‘Spirit of service’ in the family
This feature and others will appear in the special "Pride & Promise" feature section in Tuesday's Free Lance. Pick up a copy today.
County pot vote pushed to November
Calling their existing medical cannabis policy a mess, county legislators Tuesday decided to defer a vote on proposed rules for cultivation and manufacturing operations to November.
“I personally have developed major reservations about moving forward with this medical marijuana ordinance or policy,” San Benito County...
Shift hikes water official’s pay to $214k in furlough times
The San Benito County Water District board last week approved shifting the head manager’s $20,000 health allocation into his base salary, taking it to $214,000 annually.
RDA might help fund new ‘Welcome’ sign
Hollister's Redevelopment Agency may help fund the new Welcome
