Updated: Klauer, Scattini share views after race
Newcomer Karson Klauer is headed toward victory over two-term former Councilman Robert Scattini in the race for the open District 3 seat after early election results released Tuesday.
Recent spike in graffiti caused thousands in damage
A recent rash of extensive gang-related graffiti aimed at city
Jail library grows as leaders hope it changes lives
Local leaders are working to expand the San Benito County Jail's
Health officials to ask for tobacco ban in pharmacies
San Benito County Public Health Department officials are set to ask Hollister council members Monday to ban tobacco sales in local pharmacies, a move that would make it the first city in the Central Coast region to do so.
Councilman: COG highway appointment left off agenda
A Hollister councilman pointed out that a tensely debated appointment to the local multi-agency transit board was left off a meeting agenda on Sept. 17 when the vote occurred—which would represent a violation of the state open meetings law.
Federal funding pulled from High-Speed Rail
The Federal Rail Administration has pulled funding for California’s High-Speed Rail Project. In a letter sent to High-Speed Rail Authority President, Brian Kelly, the FRA said it will be terminating the 2010 cooperative agreement between the two agencies.
This will pull $929 million in funding...
Declines for cherries, wine grapes help edge crop values lower
San Benito County saw a $2.1 million drop—or a less than 1 percent of the total—in gross agricultural value in 2014 compared to the prior year, according to the most recent crop report approved by county supervisors this week.
