Politics

San Benito Rising, the grassroots group of local residents that led the effort to pass Measure J in 2014, is reimbursing the county the full $684 cost for legal expenses incurred fighting related litigation.

Hollister City Council members in a 3-1 vote Tuesday approved allocating $25,000 to establish dog facilities at Klauer Park, but the officials’ talk on that location evolved into a conversation about addressing other parks as well.

San Benito High School trustees will consider proposals for professional mentoring and coaching services related to Superintendent John Perales during the general board meeting this week.

Mayor Ignacio Velazquez recently switched from using a private email account for city business to exclusively using a city address—in a move that enhances transparency and curtails the official’s discretion on what’s accessible to the public.

Hollister City Council members in a 3-1 vote Tuesday approved allocating $25,000 to establish dog-friendly facilities at Klauer Park.

A Gavilan College trustee recommended the board consider a memorandum of understanding with the City of Hollister to run an educational center at the city’s Leatherback property as a discussion topic at a general board meeting, during a facilities development and utilization committee meeting Tuesday.

A judge Monday ruled against the county and in favor of a developer that challenged the justification of an “annexation fee” charged to builders since the turn of the century.

Assemblyman Luis Alejo sent a letter to the state requesting a denial of parole for Gustavo Marlow, who murdered two Hollister residents in the late 1980s and raped a Stockton prison laundry worker three years later.

County supervisors Tuesday agreed to allocate $25,000 to the San Benito County District Attorney's Office to prepare for the parole hearing of local murderer Gustavo Marlow.

Hollister council members Monday took on a goal of devising goals. And by the end of the special gathering, city officials set another goal to come back at the next regular meeting with more goals.