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Mike Mansmith never grew up thinking he would make a living in the barbecue business. But over the years, Mansmith, who owns the wildly popular Mansmith’s Barbecue, morphed into a barbecue connoisseur. “It just happened,” the 44-year-old Mansmith says. “I started out helping my parents...

Spring Grove Elementary School just north of Hollister has been honored as the only California Distinguished School in San Benito County, one of 323 K-8 schools honored across the state this month. The school will be honored at an awards ceremony Feb. 10 at the...

A solid fourth-place showing in last year’s Central Coast Section Wrestling Championships left Art Parra one position short of reaching the CIF State tournament.  That gave Parra plenty of motivation entering the off-season. The Hollister High junior is seeing the fruits of his labor pay...

“The Hollister Police Department would never call you and demand money," reads a statement from the PD.

A decision was reached in favor of the Morgan Hill Unified School District and administrators in the civil rights lawsuit against the district and two former Live Oak High School administrators over the American T-shirt controversy from Cinco de Mayo 2010, said Alyson Cabrera, the lawyer representing MHUSD and former Principal Nick Boden and former Assistant Principal Miguel Rodriguez. The decision was reached Tuesday afternoon.

For more than two years, people have clamored for the return to “normal” after the uncertainties of a pandemic. In 2022, we got a taste of normalcy, but it was far from being predictable. Covid-19, which dominated the headlines in 2020 and 2021, seemingly took a...

Hollister’s Richard Herrera beamed as he stroked his chosen horse “Jerry” with a brush. Herrera, a veteran of the first Gulf War, was at peace at Wood Myst Farm on a recent Thursday.

The Hollister Little League All Star teams saw their respective seasons end in the Section Tournament. The 11- and 12-and-under teams both went 0-2, while the 10-and-under squad went 1-2. All three teams had scintillating runs to win the District 9 Tournament only to...

The Hollister City Council meeting went on until almost midnight June 20 as council members engaged in a lengthy discussion regarding potential expansion of services for the city’s Domestic Wastewater Treatment Plant. Two resolutions to have the city of San Juan Bautista and the...

The 23rd annual Bike Blessing put on by the Top Hatters is set for March 20 at Sacred Heart Church at 12:30 p.m.