Politics

Pinnacles National Monument may be putting on a few extra acres

The San Benito County Board of Supervisors is preparing for a fight over the Panoche Valley Solar Farm. On Tuesday, supervisors approved a contract not to exceed $60,000 for legal representation in the county’s pursuit to fix breaches in the development agreement with ConEdison Development,...

A San Benito High School District budget for 2015-16 included about $1.6 million in one-time state funding, reflected a loss of about $1 million in Regional Occupational Center/Program revenue and was unanimously approved by trustees at a meeting Wednesday.

Hollister Councilman Victor Gomez—who has experience with illegal fireworks issues in San Jose where he works full time in the political scene—is among officials wanting to address the matter from a policy standpoint and he doesn’t believe it’s relevant to the legal safe and sane fireworks.

State Sen. Anthony Cannella on Monday announced the appointment of a new chief of staff.

Days after the California State Supreme Court ruled that the legislature has the right to abolish redevelopment agencies but cannot require cities to make a payment to keep the agencies open, Hollister city officials are looking into the next step they need to take for life without an RDA while remaining hopeful that the legislature may come up with a last-minute reprieve.

City officials are downsizing the planned rehabilitation of the Old City Hall building at 339 Fifth St. after bids came in substantially higher than anticipated.

The Union Pacific Railroad will be doing some repairs on the

Just over a year since a massive stroke, Clay Lee is back at