Politics

A $3 million eradication of San Justo Reservoir’s zebra mussels will take one to two years to execute once initiated, and it might not commence for several more years because there are no funds dedicated to the project.

Hollister School District trustees increased the salary schedule for classified staff by 3 percent retroactive to July 1, 2015 with an additional increase to take effect the following July.

Assemblyman Luis Alejo's bill aiming to ban the use of "Redskins" as a public school mascot name in California is headed to the State Senate for a vote.

Water consumers in the Hollister and Sunnyslope districts have significantly reduced use during summer months when landscaping tends to jack up overall consumption.

Congressman Sam Farr, D-Carmel, is scheduled to host a town hall meeting Tuesday at the county board chambers.

San Benito High School trustees voted 4-1 in favor of approving a roughly $2.6 million lease-leaseback agreement for tennis courts and a new parking lot with some qualifications. Trustee Evelyn Muro cast the lone dissenting vote at the regular board meeting last week.

Improvements to the intersection of Fairview and Sunnyslope roads are related to a requirement that the Santana Ranch development must install frontage lanes that will eventually be part of a broader roadway expansion, a county official said.

A county official Tuesday announced that federal officials are making movement on addressing mussel infestation at San Justo Reservoir that could lead to reopening the facility that has been closed since early 2008.

San Benito County residents are buying in to a turf removal program put together by the local water conservation agency.

Hollister council members Monday agreed to consider an agreement with developers who would build an "Education Center" for the Gavilan College district.