Politics

Gavilan College broke ground Friday on a major expansion that will bring thousands of students to a new campus in San Jose’s Coyote Valley and focus heavily on law enforcement and public safety training classes.

County supervisors Wednesday held a special meeting to discuss medicinal marijuana in an attempt to provide public outreach on the controversial issue, but the local newspaper didn’t receive an agenda as usual before the gathering.

The 2015 promoter of the Hollister motorcycle rally responded to criticism offered Monday night by city council members about a financial dispute and his concern, causing a riff, that some vendors have sold merchandise without doing it through the event’s permitting process.

Hollister council members held an off-agenda discussion on the potential for a 2016 Hollister motorcycle rally, and one official made mention of a $100,000 debt still owed by the prior promoter.

Hollister City Council members Monday approved giving away $92,050 to 12 local nonprofit organizations.

Downtown Hollister might get its lane makeover before Christmas, after all.

Hollister officials are reexamining joint-use agreements with the local school district for athletic facilities after noticing the annual costs have jumped considerably over the years.

With help from a federal grant, the local fire department is getting necessary funds to pay for a new fire tender costing nearly $600,000.

Someone has agreed to donate money to the local healthcare district so it can open a diabetes center in Hollister, the healthcare district president confirmed to the Free Lance.