Politics

Assemblyman Luis Alejo announced the fifth annual Young Assemblymembers Program for high school and first-year college students.

Starting today, the Free Lance is inviting readers to answer the Question of the Week—formerly called Water Cooler—which publishes each Friday on the Free Lance Opinion page and at SanBenitoCountyToday.com.

A financially troubled San Benito County water district might dissolve because no one is willing to serve on the elected board.

County supervisors Tuesday are set to consider a proposal to seek an exemption on a law requiring recycling of organic commercial waste.

San Benito County supervisors Tuesday are set to consider the hiring of a juvenile hall superintendent.

Hollister council members Monday are set to consider snuffing out tobacco use in local pharmacies.

Hollister council members and San Benito High School trustees reopened a contentious discussion about the future for a section of Nash Road, a street bisecting the campus that belongs to the county and city.

Hollister Police Chief David Westrick has a blog and his first entry recommends bold action, as in tightened regulations with social media.

Mayor Ignacio Velazquez’s cheery, butter-yellow house sitting on the lawn by the Brigg’s Building looked too small to have much in it. But inside, a shower, a bedroom, a toilet and a bench filled a space smaller than most living rooms.

Supervisors held varying views on how to proceed with a sales tax measure pushing to raise much-needed revenue in a county running annual deficits averaging $6 million in recent years.