Politics

An audience of more than 50 people this week saw some sobering numbers for what a replacement pool could cost for San Benito High School.

R.O. Hardin, the oldest of the Hollister School District campuses, may be getting a campus makeover as soon as April 2016, according to information provided at last week’s regularly scheduled board meeting.

County supervisors revived talks Tuesday on the possibility that local governments could send out bills to offset costs of emergency responses.

Hollister City Manager Bill Avera on Monday indicated that the promoter of the community's signature event, the Independence Day motorcycle rally, wants to move the event so it starts the second Friday of July each year and misses the holiday altogether.

Hollister City Council members responded to a resident's complaint about illegal yard-sale signs and illegal, makeshift sales during the public comment period of Monday's meeting by asking the staff to come back with a related ordinance.

The Hollister School District trustees voted 4-0 last week in favor of approving a contract with a campaign consultant to analyze their ability to call for a second general obligation facilities bond.

Hollister resident Vincent Garcia Luna is one of four people recognized by Assemblyman Luis Alejo as recipients of the 2015 California Peace Award, according to a press release from the representative’s office.

Hollister council members Monday approved using federal block grant funds to replace or fix sidewalks in lower-income areas of the city.

Hollister council members Monday continued a pursuit of becoming Charter free when it comes to accessing expensive fiber lines.

More than 400 homes had been reported for water violations that include running the precious resource off lawns and on to sidewalks and roads. But four months after Gov. Jerry Brown called for a 25 percent reduction in water use from 2013 levels, no fines for water violations have been issued in Hollister.