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The Hollister Police Department reported that the Animal Care and Services department launched an investigation regarding an animal cruelty incident that took place last month.   Police said in a press release issued Friday that officers were dispatched to the area of Highway 25 and Union...

Local veterans groups are planning a series of events in Hollister over Memorial Day weekend to remember U.S. military veterans who have died while serving in the armed forces.  On May 27, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9242 will be placing American flags on veterans’...

The Farmworker Housing Act of 2019, introduced by Assemblymember Robert Rivas of Hollister, passed the California Assembly and State Senate. For Rivas, who represents the 30th district in the Assembly, the passage of the bill in his first term is personal. His grandfather was a...

The Hollister 7/8/9 Little League All Stars have one opponent that can potentially derail their goal of winning the District 9 championship—themselves. Hollister finds itself in the catbird seat after rolling through three opponents by a combined margin of 37-3, ending each game after...

Faced with a need to increase San Benito County coffers, officials are considering the creation of commercial zones at four intersections along Highway 101. The County Board of Supervisors is expected to consider zoning changes along the state highway between Aromas and San Juan Bautista...

Congressman Jimmy Panetta (D-Carmel Valley) announced two federal grants from the US Department of Transportation for airports on the central coast of California, including Hollister. The Hollister Municipal Airport was awarded a federal grant totaling $5.1 million for taxiway construction. The Monterey Peninsula Airport was...

Registered nurses at Hollister’s Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital are “deeply concerned” about the medical facility’s recent declaration of a fiscal emergency and potential bankruptcy, says a statement from the California Nurses Association.  The nurses fear what a Chapter 9 bankruptcy at HHMH would mean for...

A new elementary school at Santana Ranch will be completed in January 2021—six months later than the original estimate—after the Hollister School District Board of Education approved new design plans. The board voted 4-1 in favor of change at its last meeting of 2018, with...