Politics

The Hollister Police Department did not issue a single citation to minors for violating the state’s helmet law between 2011 and late September of this year, according to documents obtained by the Free Lance through a records request.

San Benito County supervisors Tuesday pulled back on a previously supported ordinance to ban outdoor medical marijuana cultivation in unincorporated areas.

Hollister Councilman Victor Gomez on Monday confirmed that the Santa Clara County Valley Transportation Authority had tabled a consideration on the Mobility Partnership, a multi-county coalition weighing future changes to Highways 152 and 25, due to the city official's concerns about imbalanced representation.

Gov. Jerry Brown signed historic legislation that will grant mentally capable, terminally ill adults the right to request a doctor’s prescription for drugs that will hasten their deaths, according to a statement from the office of Assemblyman Luis Alejo.

A Hollister councilman pointed out that a tensely debated appointment to the local multi-agency transit board was left off a meeting agenda on Sept. 17 when the vote occurred—which would represent a violation of the state open meetings law.

County supervisors Tuesday are set to appoint a board member to the revived Mobility Partnership with the Santa Clara County Valley Transportation Authority to discuss options for highway expansion.

Nearly eight months after the county board chose a Southside Road location for a permanent homeless shelter in San Benito County, supervisors Tuesday reversed course and opted for a different site along Flynn Road.

Former San Benito County Supervisor Harold Cerrato passed away this week at the age of 87, according to an obituary published in the Free Lance.

Nearly eight months after the county board chose a Southside Road location for a permanent homeless shelter in San Benito County, supervisors Tuesday reversed course and opted for a different site along Flynn Road.

For city engineering official David Rubcic, an effort to reduce downtown traffic from four to two lanes should result in a more friendly environment for pedestrians and bicyclists.