Politics

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.

County and city officials have been meeting about a growing homeless encampment along the San Benito River bed to discuss alternatives there.

City of Hollister and San Benito High School officials are set to host a joint meeting next week to talk about the potential Nash Road closure and other shared facility issues.

San Benito County supervisors Tuesday once again approved of the 247-megawatt Panoche solar project, and it may have been the final local consideration on the highly debated endeavor.

Supervisors on Tuesday voted 3-2 against an idea to support placing a countywide 1 percent sales tax on the ballot with a tax-sharing agreement among the cities and county.