Politics

On Sunday morning, a Honda car remained parked, vacant, on Felice Drive at a stop sign that intersects with Fourth Street, one of the most traveled routes in town. Hours later, a Honda CRV hybrid showed up behind the car—with both vehicles abandoned and left with “For Sale” signs and contact information attached.

Hollister Councilman Karson Klauer removed himself from the city’s marijuana ad hoc committee because he said he was spending too much time on it. The council at last week’s meeting accepted his resignation from the panel, and this week approved Mayor Ignacio Velazquez to replace him.

Hollister City Council members approved a professional services agreement with Ford Aviation Consultants during last week’s meeting to help city staff lobby legislators to get Calfire to build the new air attack base at the Hollister Municipal Airport.

San Benito County supervisors approved a resolution at this week’s board meeting to extend Friday hours of operation at the San Benito County Free Library by four hours.

The San Benito County Free Library recently launched a new Tech Tutorial program that offers brief, one-on-one training sessions in multiple areas of technology.

County supervisors approved a motion during this week’s meeting to bring two marijuana ordinances before the board at the Sept. 27 meeting, one of which is a moratorium that would halt cultivation in the county.

Marijuana was on the minds of many during this week’s Hollister City Council meeting. Nine community members spoke on the local medical marijuana ordinance during public comment, but Mayor Ignacio Velazquez made a significant proclamation of his own near the end of the meeting. “I’ve asked...

Some campaign signs might carry simplistic messages, but rules for people placing them aren’t so elementary. Officials with the county elections office provided a breakdown of the rules for candidates so they can avoid breaking the law. The state has a set of rules, but then...

The local cities and county’s attempt to cooperate through a special committee isn’t going as smoothly as planned. Hollister Councilman Ray Friend shared his frustrations about the intergovernmental committee involving the cities of Hollister and San Juan and the county at the Aug. 15 council...

The county’s future Homeless Services Center at 1161 San Felipe Road is over the horizon.