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Hollister artist and 2021 San Benito High School alumna McKenna Neff designed the city’s commemorative 150th anniversary flag that will fly over city hall through the end of this year.  Members of the Hollister Arts and Culture Commission unveiled the flag to the local community...

As the sun swelters over San Benito County this summer, residents are left without a local community pool to help beat the heat. Instead of cycling or walking to a public pool in the city, Hollister residents must get in their car, hit the highway...

San Benito County Sheriff’s deputies on Jan. 11 were looking for a Hollister man who had been released after a drug arrest. Several days after the man was released, deputies found weapons, drugs and bomb-making materials in the man’s home near San Benito High...

Gilroy Police identified the man killed in a Sept. 8 shootout with an officer as David Lopez, who was a suspect in an Aug. 31 shooting that left a person in critical condition. In a Sept. 10 press release, police released details of the events...

Firefighters early Sunday morning battled a blaze at Neighborhood Pizza, Larry's Liquors and the Dollar Tree store in a Hollister strip mall.

A pair of Hollister Little League teams won their respective District 9 Tournament of Champions playoffs on June 15 in Salinas. The Hollister A's won the Majors division with a 3-2 victory over Salinas National, while the Hollister Orioles won the Minors division with...

San Benito County’s voters will get to decide if the elected members of the board of supervisors should be subject to term limits. The supervisors voted 4-0 at the June 8 meeting to introduce an ordinance to place the question on an upcoming ballot—likely in...

Hollister police recently rescued an exotic pet parrot that was suffering from numerous complications from ongoing neglect, malnourishment, unsanitary living conditions and lack of clean water, sunlight and ventilation. The brilliant, green-headed colorful bird named Rocky is now thriving with a new family in a...

For years, the lot on McCarthy Street and Alvarado Street had been barren.  Clad with a homely basketball court and a dry field, it seemed far-fetched the spot could ever become what had once held such promise. Build it, and they will come.  On July 30, the...