Politics

The City of Hollister is saddled with two of the region’s highest CalPERS employer contribution rates now and into the future with costs exceeding more than $3.1 million next year, according an analysis of 24 local area valuation reports.

The San Benito High School superintendent and five trustees gathered at a special workshop Saturday morning to discuss a breakdown of trust and communication among officials, but violated the state open meetings law by following it with a closed session that had been absent from the agenda until that morning.

Hollister police officials are in talks with San Benito High School about taking over the school resource officer position on the campus.

If John Muir were still alive, documentary filmmaker Ken Burns surmised the pioneering environmentalist would argue that Pinnacles National Monument is a “grand geological library” that deserves the same level of recognition as the country’s most renowned parks.

A resident’s question about expanding Highway 156 at Congressman Sam Farr’s town hall meeting Monday spurred dialogue that included a supervisor confirming the state had earmarked necessary funds to move ahead on the project, possibly starting in 2016.

Snow fell in the valley, more is expected Saturday and the

Local motorists are being asked to give their normal driving

Vice Mayor Karson Klauer will sit out on the medical cannabis dispensary decision expected next week because his family has a connection to a property with interest in the vote. Council members are expected to hold a public hearing on Monday, June 26 to ratify...