Politics

State attorney general consulted over 400 block   The Hollister City Council is still on recess, but there’s activity at city hall. City Clerk Tom Graves is validating signatures for the 400 block petition that Mayor Ignacio Velazquez submitted for certification earlier this month, after leading...

San Benito County’s “Other Post-Employment Benefit Program” – or OPEB, pronounced oh-peb – is a perfect example of a generous and expensive program that was a lot easier to get into than it will be to escape.

Two positions on the Gavilan College Board of Trustees are open for San Benito County residents and three candidates have stepped forward to fill the spots.

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...

Marty Richman, 70, has long been a fixture at Hollister City Council and San Benito County board meetings. But if he wins his run for the inaugural mayoral race Nov. 6, he will be at the meetings in an official capacity for the first time.

A local Boy Scouts troop received $1,000 from Corbin Motorcycle Seats & Accessories at Monday’s Hollister City Council meeting to help replace nearly $1,000 in stolen flags that the group lost during this year’s motorcycle rally.

The Hollister City Council on Monday is set to consider approving a budget and the incoming police chief's contract.

The latest results in the Nov. 8 election continue to reinforce the voters’ majority opposition to the tightest restrictions on growth and development.  Measure Q has been soundly rejected, with 56.49% of ballots, or 8,865 voters casting “No” votes, according to results posted the night...