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Students battled nerves and verses as they competed in the fifth annual Poetry Out Loud at Anzar High School on Jan. 30. San Benito High School freshman Kayla Salazar came out on top in the poetry recitation competition that included Grace Baldwin, Clara Guzman...

A senior living community that has been more than two decades in the making celebrated a milestone Jan. 30 with the opening of two model homes. Billed as Hollister’s first “active adult community,” the first two phases of Twin Oaks are currently under construction at...

San Benito High School's new Science and Robotics Building celebrated in a Feb. 1 grand opening. Construction, funded by voter-approved bonds, was completed in December after approximately 11 months. The  customized two-story structure has 27,000 square feet of lab and classroom spaces, prep rooms,...

Local residents opposed to “sprawl development” filed paperwork Wednesday morning to begin collecting signatures for an initiative that would put San Benito County voters in charge of agricultural land rezoning for the 29 years. The initiative will require signatures from 2,060 registered voters to place...

Following an investigation, police arrested a San Benito High School student accused of selling narcotics to local juveniles, some of whom were hospitalized after ingesting the drugs.

A jury trial scheduled last week for a San Juan Bautista councilmember accused of domestic violence was delayed.

Hollister police are asking the public for help in an investigation of a Jan. 31 shooting that left one teenaged victim injured. Authorities are investigating the incident as an attempted homicide.

Two patients with novel coronavirus in San Benito County showed worsening symptoms late Sunday night and were referred for medical evaluation, county health officials announced Feb. 3. “It was then determined that both patients needed to be admitted to a hospital equipped for a higher...

Two cases of coronavirus—”2019-Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)”— have been confirmed in San Benito County, health officials announced Sunday evening, Feb. 2. “The confirmed cases are related: a husband and wife, and both are 57 years of age,” said Dr. Marty Fenstersheib, San Benito County Health Officer, ...

The San Benito Health Care District Board of Directors is replacing Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital’s 20-year CEO Ken Underwood. The board on Jan. 23 voted unanimously to reject a new two-year contract for Underwood, instead giving him a six-month extension during a “transition” period. “The board...