Farr feuds with town hall speakers over homeless complaint
Julio Salazar spoke at Congressman Sam Farr’s town hall meeting Tuesday night. Salazar was among a group of residents from a neighborhood who are against the designated location for a permanent homeless shelter on Southside Road.
Supervisors endorse potential pay raise
The San Benito County Board of Supervisors voted this week to tentatively increase their own salaries from $48,000 to $75,000, after approving numerous labor contracts.
“I don’t necessarily agree with the numbers, per se, but that’s part of my research that I’m doing,” said Suzy...
San Juan has 6 candidates for city manager
The San Juan Bautista city council is putting together an ad-hoc
City to look at design, weigh education for roundabout
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.
Meet the candidates: Mia Casey
As local political campaigns officially kick off this election season, one of the most high-profile races in San Benito County is for the mayor’s seat in the city of Hollister. Earlier this year, the Hollister City Council voted to extend the two-year term limit...
Supervisor suggests portable toilet at homeless site near river
Government leaders are continuing talks on dealing with a growing homeless problem in a county without a permanent shelter. In the meantime, a supervisor last week asked about offering some temporary amenities to a group living near the San Benito River bed.
City forgot to OK contract with CMAP in 2006
When city officials went to find documents for a potential
