Politics

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

The Hollister City Council received a proposal at a special meeting Monday by Hollister Police Capt. Carlos Reynoso to install 40 new security cameras in downtown Hollister.

Local residents will have a chance to hear gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman's plan for California jobs at a talk she will give Thursday. The event will be held from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Thursday at Christopher Ranch, 305 Bloomfield Ave.

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...

Local Assemblyman Luis Alejo’s busy legislative session culminated with the governor signing 16 of his bills, including a nationally spotlighted ban against the use of “Redskins” as a mascot in California public schools.

San Juan Bautista council members Tuesday learned that their city code includes prohibitions against growth and delivery of medical marijuana, and they upheld the ordinance while continuing to also ban dispensaries.

A 339-mega watt solar farm project to be built in Panoche Valley in southeastern San Benito County is currently on hold for most of 2014, as PV2 Energy and Duke Energy Renewables, the two companies working on the project, work to comply with state and federal environmental regulations.

Board of supervisors approve application that would fund a feasibility study

Sheriff Darren Thompson will attend a marijuana training conference for law enforcement" in Denver next month after a county board approval Tuesday.