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High school ponders naming buildings after living people

April 26, 2016

San Benito High School District trustees discussed whether to name buildings after living people as they took steps toward drafting the district’s first board policy on the issue last week.

Police identify hit and run victim

November 10, 2017

The Hollister Police Department identified a hit and run victim from a collision Thursday night. On November 9 around 9:30 p.m., Hollister police officers responded to a vehicle versus pedestrian collision report. The incident was reported at Pinnacles National Park Highway and Meridian Street. The...

Gang-related shooting traced back to county jail, police say

May 27, 2004

Hollister police Tuesday arrested a suspect involved in a

Pinnacles climbing areas reopen

July 6, 2012

Pinnacles National Monument staff announced earlier this week that the areas in the park that had been closed to rock climbing and off-trail hiking to protect nesting falcons and eagles have now been reopened. A total of eight prairie falcon nests successfully produced nestlings and fledged a total of 29 young, representing an average year for Pinnacles prairie falcon productivity. Other nesting raptor species at Pinnacles in 2012 included red-shouldered, red-tailed, sharp-shinned, and Cooper's hawks, golden eagles, white-tailed kites, three owl species, and one Peregrine falcon nest at Hawkins Peak.

Picha takes on incumbent for council

October 4, 2024

Nov. 5 election features numerous local offices

Local weather for Oct. 8

October 8, 2003

County office of education honors employees of the year

June 3, 2021

The San Benito County Office of Education honored its Classified and Certificated Employees of the Year in an online ceremony May 26. This year’s awards were particularly well deserved as the awardees overcame unprecedented challenges brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic and the shift to...