Politics

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.

City Manager Bill Avera reported on the 2016 Hollister Motorcycle Rally at this week's city council meeting and prompted concern from council members about staff costs and vendor fees. Avera at Monday's meeting reported a “relatively successful” rally, for which Hollister issued 95 business licenses...

City Manager Bill Avera reported on the 2016 Hollister Motorcycle Rally at this week's city council meeting and prompted concern from council members about staff costs and vendor fees.

It’s official: incumbent Mayor Ignacio Velazquez will once again face off against two-time challenger Keith Snow.

Hollister City Council members Monday voted 4-1 in support of making a decision by Sept. 19 on a new Medicinal Marijuana Administrative Ordinance that would allow pot dispensaries in town for the first time since 2010.

San Benito County supervisors Tuesday voted 4-0 to leave the CalPERS Health Care network, which has provided options to county employees and retirees for 23 years. Supervisors decided to switch coverage to the California State Association of Counties Excess Insurance Authority in a 3-1 vote,...

San Benito County supervisors Tuesday declared support for a bill aiming to reopen Clear Creek National Recreation Area. Supervisors at their 9 a.m. Tuesday meeting approved a letter of support for H.R. 1838 introduced by Congressman Sam Farr, D-Carmel, in April 2015. The bill passed...

In a July county board meeting, Supervisor Anthony Botelho launched into one of his periodic tirades about overbearing state regulations, from the Fish and Wildlife agency, causing harm to the local economy. In this case, that harm was more akin locally to an economic shipwreck, with Atlanta-based Pulte Group pulling out of its highly desirable Del Webb community at San Juan Oaks Golf Club.