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San Benito High School’s Robotics Team recently won a $5,000 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration that will allow the team to pay for the cost of registering for competitions. Adviser Thien Vu-Nguyen said the grant fund the team's entrance into two...

The Hollister Police Department will increase patrols in efforts to reduce dangerous driving around school zones, according to an announcement from local police. The locations will vary around the school sites within the City of Hollister. “The pick-up and drop-off times at schools are a very...

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...

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...

As the federal government shutdown entered its third week with no end in sight, local farmers and home buyers were already feeling the pinch. If the shutdown continues, a wider range of services will be affected, say Congressional staffers. If you are getting ready to...

Congressman Jimmy Panetta’s first week of his second term was a busy one, as the new Democratic majority in the House of Representatives faced new responsibilities and a government shutdown. Panetta and his Congressional colleagues were sworn in en masse Jan. 3 in the Capitol. By...

San Benito High School’s Life Skills Department has a partnership brewing with local business Java Express to form the Baler Strong Coffee Company. The campus-based business assists students with special needs in developing and practicing social norms, communication skills, money-handling and team building, according to...

Retired educator and new trustee Stephen Kain was selected as Hollister School District’s next school board president through 2019 after a split vote in his favor at the annual organization meeting Dec. 18. “It was an honor,” said Kain of being elected president. “Even though...

Hollister School District’s Board of Trustees has identified the lead candidate for its vacant superintendent position, according to a recent announcement directly from the board. “President Stephen Kain is pleased to announce that Diego Ochoa is the sole finalist for the superintendent position,” the Dec....

San Benito High School 2018 graduate Rolando Pablo Lorenzo was back on campus Dec. 13 to receive his “Every Student Succeeding” award from the Association of California School Administrators. Superintendent Shawn Tennenbaum presented the award to Lorenzo, who was honored by Baler staff, administrators and...