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For as long as she can remember, Kendra Melching has liked running. But once she entered her freshman year at San Benito High in fall 2020, Melching started to love running.  “When I got to high school everything changed,” she said. “Practices became more focused...

The San Benito County Resource Management Agency will host two “kickoff meetings” for the Sunnyside Park project, and is welcoming input from members of the local public.  The meetings are scheduled for 4pm-7pm Sept. 29; and 9am to 12pm Oct. 2. Both meetings will take...

Through the first four games of the season, San Benito High’s defense has stood tall. The Haybalers pitched their second shutout with a 38-0 win over visiting Alisal on Friday night.  “The defense is playing stellar,” Balers coach Bryan Smith said. “They’ve allowed three points...

State and San Benito County officials this week celebrated the acquisition of $750,000 in the state budget to support development of the Riverview Regional Park Accessibility Project. After spending many years in concept planning stages, the 70-acre regional park project gained momentum in April when...

Now in her sixth season as the coach of the San Benito High girls golf team, Molly Orsetti is more excited than ever. The reasons are plenty, starting with the makeup of the current crop of Haybalers. “This is a really good group of girls,...

The Hollister City Council is getting closer to scrapping its new flag pole display policy as frustration grows over the cumbersome and “complicated” process for approving each commemorative flag that flies over City Hall, according to city officials. At the Sept. 7 council meeting, Vice...

If the San Benito High football team came to Don Christopher Stadium on Sept. 10 expecting to roll to victory, Christopher High had other ideas. Though ranked 17 spots below the Haybalers in the Central Coast Section, the Cougars held their opponent down for most...

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection has awarded nearly $138 million in local fire prevention grants, and a portion of the funds will be used in San Benito County to reduce carbon emissions by conducting prescribed burns. As part of CalFire’s 2020-21, California...

Barbara Anne Vogelsang has joined Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital as Interim Chief Clinical Officer, according to a press release from the Hollister hospital. She began serving in her new role on Sept. 7.  Vogelsang is an experienced healthcare executive with a career spanning more than...

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 3.8 struck early Tuesday in the Diablo Mountain Range near the nexus of San Benito, Monterey and Fresno counties, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The 12:38am quake was centered 16.4 miles northwest of Coalinga and 31.9 miles...