Politics

A water main break caused rerouting of traffic on San Benito Street near downtown Hollister on Monday morning. City Manager Bill Avera on Monday night said it could be another 24 to 48 hours to fix it.

Hollister council members are set to consider a contract for Bob Martin Del Campo as the next permanent fire chief.

Hollister City Council members Monday are set to consider a 25 percent discount on the first tier of water use for low-income senior citizens.

Hollister City Council members Monday are set to consider paying a firm to do a peer review of the roundabout design for San Juan and Graf roads and weigh distributing educational materials on use of the intersections.

GILROY--The Daughters of Charity Health System Board of Directors has selected BlueMountain Capital Management, a private investment company, to recapitalize its operations, including Saint Louise Regional Hospital in Gilroy, the hospital system announced today in a press release.

San Juan Bautista’s crew staffing the main fire engine there, typically parked blocks from the blaze that damaged a home on Franklin Circle last week, had been swapping equipment away from the station when it first got a call, adding to its response time, explained Interim Hollister Fire Department Chief Bill Garringer.

A city official expects crews to complete installation of the new skate park equipment Monday.

Tres Pinos resident and former State Assemblyman Peter Frusetta has written a book about the little town were he was born. The Tres Pinos community he calls home was once famous for hay and the site of ice cream parlors and movie theaters, he said.

The county and environmental groups against the Panoche Valley Solar Project are set to meet in a settlement conference next week.