Politics

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.

One of two agenda items on a special Hollister City Council meeting scheduled for Monday evening is listed as “Goals and Objectives” and could lead officials down a flimsy legal path if they choose to discuss specific topics.

The San Benito County District Attorney's Office is asking for a $25,000 in non-budgeted funding to prepare for the parole hearing of local murderer Gustavo Marlow.

Sheriff Darren Thompson will attend a marijuana training conference for law enforcement" in Denver next month after a county board approval Tuesday.

The Hollister motorcycle rally is officially set for July 1-3 after the council’s narrow support of a new promoter Monday.

The San Benito County Chamber of Commerce submitted the following announcement on the March Lunch with Leaders event: