Council OKs purchase of downtown security cameras
Hollister City Council members Monday approved the purchase of surveillance cameras for downtown.
Official wants to re-examine mosquito tax hike
A county supervisor has asked for reconsideration of the
County auditor confirms stolen funds recovered from Oct. 15 phishing scam
San Benito County has recovered nearly $700,000 stolen from a recent vendor payment fraud scheme, according to the county Auditor-Controller’s Office.
The recovery of the funds will allow the county to “issue proper payment to the legitimate vendor,” Auditor-Controller Joe Paul Gonzalez said in a...
Q&A: Hollister mayor talks rally, parks, roads, sewer smell, economy
Hollister Mayor Ignacio Velazquez recently sat down with the Free Lance for an interview about the future of the city.
Hollister council unanimously approves 2013 motorcycle rally
The Hollister City Council on Monday unanimously approved sanctioning a 2013 motorcycle rally and hired North Carolina-based Worldwide Dynamics as event manager.
Amazon climbs to No. 1 on county sales-tax list
The county's auditor Tuesday told supervisors that Amazon.com has become the No. 1 generator of sales tax in unincorporated San Benito County.
Hollister officials’ concerns quelled over SC Housing loan
Hollister officials' concerns over South County Housing's
Apple farming supervisor gets behind measure
Supervisor Anthony Botelho supports Measure J, the ballot initiative aiming to ban fracking and other enhanced extraction practices along with barring all petroleum activities in rural residential zones. He also acknowledged that given the opportunity, he would consider allowing oil exploration on his own land.
