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Anthony Botelho accused of stealing signs opposing Strada Verde project

With a winning bid of just $1.75, a Chicago woman has won an

Bea Gonzales unseated four-term District 5 supervisor Jaime De la Cruz in the final election results released March 26. With all votes counted, Gonzales, a teacher, netted 52.32 percent, finishing 108 votes ahead of De la Cruz. In the supervisor races, any candidate with more than...

San Benito County Public Health Services announced that they’re working twice as fast to streamline vaccine distribution to the most vulnerable residents who are 75 years of age and older. Public Information Officer David Westrick issued a press release on Feb. 3 stating that a...

Longtime educator and consultant Elizabeth “Betsy” Dirks has been appointed to the San Benito County Supervisors District 1 seat. Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the appointment Oct. 28. County staff revealed the appointment in a press release. Dirks, 44, will serve the remainder of former Supervisor Mark...

Authorities are reminding residents that all fireworks that fly up in the air or explode are illegal in San Benito County, and warned that undercover officers will be out enforcing the law in Hollister this holiday weekend. The Hollister Police Department posted on social media...

Time has taken away the sting, but for the families and friends

R.O. Hardin School this week honored 22 third- to sixth-grade students who were reclassified as fluent English proficient. That follows last year’s reclassification of 25 students.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is reminding producers in San Benito and Santa Clara counties that the deadline for the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) is Sept. 11.  Through CFAP, USDA is making $16 billion available in financial assistance to producers of agricultural commodities who...