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April 25, 2026

San Juan manager supports removing ban against chain merchants

In recent years, a couple of national chains have expressed interest in opening at the Windmill Market shopping center off Highway 156 in San Juan Bautista. Shopping center owner Jim Gibson, though, hasn’t even bothered bringing the applicants before city council members for potential approval.

San Juan reinstates ban against franchise businesses

San Juan Bautista council members Tuesday reinstated an ordinance banning formula, or franchise, businesses.

Hollister council approves third taxi carrier in 4-1 vote

A third taxicab carrier is officially allowed to operate in Hollister after council members approved its permit in a 4-1 vote Monday.

Avera tells chamber group he ‘probably mishandled’ spills

City Manager Bill Avera at a luncheon event this week said he “probably mishandled or misjudged" the severity of two 2016 cannery waste spills into the San Benito River bed. On Jan. 13, the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board issued the City of...

County board votes 4-1 to rescind growth ordinance

The San Benito County Board of Supervisors today voted to

Supes support PG&E discount that could help large businesses

Pacific Gas and Electric is proposing an economic development rate that could potentially offer a discount of up to 35 percent to large employers who use 200 kilowatts of electricity or more a month, if approved by the California Public Utilities Commission.

Boomer’s back for Council run

Former two

Fourth Street redevelopment plan still progressing slowly

Plans for a new hotel and retail building that the city hopes

Council formally bans pot dispensaries in Hollister

The Hollister City Council on Tuesday unanimously passed two

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