Politics

Plants within the fences of Garden Mart off San Benito Street sit protected in their individual pots, waiting for someone to take them home.

Hollister council members passed a resolution Tuesday that makes the city the official hanger of banners over San Benito Street. Previously, there wasn’t an official hanger. At times the City of Hollister would do it, and other times it was done by a private company.

Marijuana was on the minds of many during this week’s Hollister City Council meeting.

The San Benito Health Care District Board last week directed Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital administration to begin a fact-finding process and mediation with the California Nurses Association over a 14-month contract dispute. But a CNA representative said the nurses union as of Wednesday afternoon hadn’t been been contacted by the hospital to start mediation.

After a more than five-hour standoff into early Wednesday at a residence on Seventh Street, police from Hollister and Monterey County deployed tear gas into the home, leading to an arrest.

There are numerous ways to maintain transparency between the community and the police department, but Hollister Police Chief David Westrick has found social media to be the most effective.

The local cities and county’s attempt to cooperate through a special committee isn’t going as smoothly as planned.

San Benito County supervisors moved $48,000 from the general fund to the Cienega Road Realignment Fund when they approved the 2016-17 budget during their Aug. 9 meeting. The move was a response to backfill eight years of funding that was never transferred from the...

San Benito County supervisors Tuesday are set to consider details attached to $118,000 in taxpayers' money going to local nonprofit organizations. Supervisors in the consent agenda for the 10 a.m. county board meeting at 481 Fourth St. will consider 10 separate donations to nonprofits with...

San Benito County supervisors moved $48,000 from the general fund to the Cienega Road Realignment Fund when they approved the 2016-17 budget during their Aug. 9 meeting. The move was a response to backfill eight years of funding that was never transferred from the sheriff’s budget.