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San Benito High School will continue providing free breakfast and lunch meals to anyone 18 years old or younger, regardless of whether they’re a student or not. Adam Breen, public information officer, on Aug. 31 said that the U.S. Department of Agriculture will allow the...

Gilroy resident Alan Viarengo, who taught math at Gavilan College for nearly 20 years, was arrested last week on suspicion of stalking and threatening Santa Clara County’s public health officer, and police say he has ties to the anti-government domestic terrorist group known as “Boogaloo.”

The City of San Juan Bautista came to a settlement agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over violations for discharging wastewater into San Juan Creek. The EPA on Aug. 27 issued a press release stating that the settlement requires the city to make major...

The San Benito County Public Health Services department is claiming that antibody testing is not the best way to go when it comes to determining recent infection of Covid-19.  County interim Health Officer Dr. David Ghilarducci on Aug. 26 issued a press release saying that...

By Tony Nuñez The state revealed a new, more “stringent” four-tiered reopening system that will allow counties to begin opening their economies depending on their Covid-19 case and test positivity rates. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Aug. 28 announced the new system–effective Aug. 31– that replaces the...

Hollister Police arrested a suspect believed to be responsible for a string of commercial burglaries that occurred over the last week.

Hollister Police are seeking information about a kitten found with severe burns covering its face and body. Police think the kitten was a victim of animal abuse.

A Hollister resident has filed a lawsuit against San Benito County, claiming that the ballot question for Measure N in the November election “brazenly misleads voters.” County officials, meanwhile, question the timing of the filing, saying it could jeopardize the county’s ability to send ballots...

El Condado de San Benito ha experimentado un gran aumento de los casos de Covid-19 desde finales de julio. Los Servicios de Salud Pública dicen que gran parte de esto se debe a que los residentes continúan organizando y asistiendo a reuniones privadas sin...

San Benito County has seen a huge jump of Covid-19 cases since the end of July. Public Health Services say a lot of it stems from residents continuing to host and attend private gatherings without practicing social distancing.   Public health officials on Aug. 27 issued...