County weighs tax to fund 179 miles of road fixes
County supervisors Tuesday will hear about prospective costs to fix local roads and possibly use a sales tax to do it.
Old City Hall refurb downsized
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.
San Juan may expand ‘urban boundary’ with 85-lot project
San Juan Bautista, the quaint Mission City town known for its resistance to development, is set to undergo another growth spurt with the help of an 85-lot subdivision.
County eyes sales tax vote in November
San Benito County voters may be asked again this fall to vote on a countywide sales tax, a one-cent levy that would fund road...
Sides to argue witness relevance in corruption case
A judge on Tuesday will hear arguments in a corruption case
State data: 17 city firefighters made $100k-plus
Seventeen employees in the Hollister Fire Department took home six-figure salaries in the 2013 calendar year. Another 11 employees in the Hollister Police Department had pay eclipsing the $100,000 mark, according to data provided by the city to the state.
Council members’ views vary on early July air show schedule
While Hollister council members’ views vary on whether July 4 is the appropriate long-term time frame for the city’s air show, a majority of them appears intent on the timing for 2013.
Bond measure offers rebates for greener vehicles
T. Boone Pickens, the Texas billionaire oilman who says he wants
Building permit activity picks up at city, county
Building permits issued for single-family and multifamily homes this year are up from 2013 so far and are expected to be at a peak since 2011.
