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After months of delays, the $26 million, 80-unit Vista Del Oro apartment complex should be finished by October, providing subsidized housing for San Benito farmworkers. The apartments, ranging from one to three bedrooms, will be restricted to low-income farmworkers. The Pacific Companies, which also is...

The closure of Nash Road at San Benito High School is set to be completed this October. School and county officials had originally hoped the road could close to weekday traffic in August, providing a bypass around the school to divert traffic from the center...

With the filing period for candidates set to close Aug. 10, voters likely will have choices in all of the races for Hollister City Council and San Benito County Board of Supervisors. As of July 31, several candidates had filed to run for mayor and...

A new grading system—one that calls for students to receive three separate marks per class in the categories of academics, citizenship and work habits—will be expanded for the 2018-19 school year at San Benito High School. It likely will mean more work for teachers, but...

With the Hollister City Council out on vacation in July, further developments in the development of a local cannabis industry have been stalled. When council members return, they likely will hear a request from former Hollister mayor and president of Pinnacle Consulting Victor Gomez that...

Hollister police on Friday, July 13 announced the arrest in Mexico of a suspect in the 2014 murder of Hollister teen Ariana Zendejas. Police Chief David Westrick said Jose Antonio Barajas, a 24-year-old U.S. citizen, was arrested by police in Guadalajara, Mexico on Thursday, July...

Visitors and residents lined the streets of downtown Hollister Saturday, June 16, for the San Benito County Saddle Horse Parade. The event, in its 85th year, kicked off the San Benito County Saddle Horse Show and Rodeo, which will run June 22-24 at Bolado Park...

San Benito High School has entered a new phase of summertime construction activity that includes the completion of some facilities projects and the start of others. On June 11, three days after the Class of 2018 commencement ceremony, a number of summer projects got underway,...

Bryce Eggers San Benito High School Class of 2018 Co-Valedictorian Good morning, Class of 2018. I am truly honored to be able to speak in front of you guys. Now, I have a lot to say, but I’ll try to speak fast because I know that most...

San Benito High School graduate Kenny Bisceglia, pictured above, holds his diploma case after walking the stage during the 2018 commencement ceremony held on campus June 8. Bisceglia, who is turning to the pipeline welding trade after high school, was one of 657 San...