Home sales will dictate student enrollment numbers
A recent demographic study presented to the Hollister School District and its board of education projects a steady increase in student enrollment over the next seven years, mostly due to new home construction.
The Fall 2018-19 Demographics Study—which projects through the 2024-25 school year—was conducted...
City honors victims
On Aug. 1, as Gilroy residents gathered in the city’s downtown to honor those affected by July 28 mass shooting at the Gilroy Garlic Festival, Hollister citizens simultaneously held their own vigil at the 400 block of San Benito Street.
The Hollister vigil was planned...
Flavored cigarette vote fails
A split City Council rejected a proposed ordinance Aug. 5 that would have created stricter rules for tobacco retailers selling flavored products. A complete ban is being considered.
Members of the ad hoc committee that had explored options for a tobacco ordinance were Councilmembers Honor...
FBI finds Garlic Festival killer’s target list
The FBI is investigating the Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting as a domestic terrorism incident.
In making the announcement in Gilroy
Aug. 6, authorities said Santino William Legan went to the event July 28
with more than 200 rounds of ammunition, and the killer had compiled...
New sports complex ready for the Balers
Community groups and organizations are invited to be a part of the grand opening of the San Benito High School stadium, aquatics center and softball field. The high school will celebrate 13 months of work and the completion of the the athletic facilities on...
Panetta presses USDA to back off CalFresh
Congressman Jimmy Panetta on July 26 led his Democratic colleagues from the California Congressional delegation in urging US Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue to rescind a proposed rule to eliminate broad-based categorical eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), also referred to...
SBHS continues Academic Focus Time
San Benito High School staff will fully deploy an Academic Focus Time model for the 2019-20 school year in an ongoing effort to provide additional support for all of its students in an equitable manner, according to a recent SBHS district report.
“The issue was...
Sims reinforces the art of sumo
Last week at his Hollister home, Roy Sims hosted a dozen U.S. sumo athletes who are competing in the Sumo World Championships or hoping to qualify for the event. Sims made a T-shirt for all of the camp participants—he runs Golden Bear Central Coast...
Rescue operation provides healing for horses and people alike
When they found him, Smokey was tied to a tree. All he could do was walk around in a circle. Which he did, for months. The circle eventually became a rut, a deep one.
“You could hardly see his head,” Dennis Barwick said. There was...
New home on the pasture
Within this five-acre park-like setting lies a newer home.
Located at 557 Ruben Court in Hollister, the 3,309-square-foot, five-bedroom, four-bath home was built in 2016. The fenced acreage includes a pasture as well as eucalyptus and oak trees that surround a seasonal creek.
The interior has...
