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With Super Bowl LIV fast approaching on Feb. 2, the clock is ticking on how fans choose to watch the Kansas City Chiefs battle it out with the San Francisco 49ers. Since most Americans aren’t lucky to make it to the Hard Rock Stadium...

Local police, fire, school staff and even a construction crew joined forces to rescue a child who climbed into a dangerous situation at a Hollister school Jan. 15, according to authorities. Police and fire responded to an incident in which the special needs student climbed...

Erika Rodriguez is the new manager of the Certified Farmers Market, the Hollister Downtown Association announced Jan. 24. Rodriguez has lived in Hollister for more than 30 years, and together with her husband Andrew Echevarria has raised three children. Described as being “no stranger to the...

Hollister Police Animal Care and Services’ annual statistics for 2019 show a marked improvement in the department’s live release rate in recent years.

Local police, fire, school staff and even a construction crew joined forces to rescue a child who climbed into a dangerous situation at a Hollister school Jan. 15, according to authorities.

Police say the roadways are safer now that a suspect has been arrested in connection with a number of projectiles shot at vehicles traveling on Highways 156 and 101 through San Benito County and Prunedale. The California Highway Patrol Monterey office announced at a Jan....

The trial of the alleged killer of 19-year-old Ariana Zendejas may become delayed again, as the suspect’s public defender disclosed a conflict of interest in the case at a January hearing, according to court files. At a Jan. 9 hearing for suspect Jose Antonio Barajas,...

Measure K is emerging as a defining line between growth and slow-growth factions in San Benito County. County officials advocate potential commercial development along Highway 101 as a way to capture new revenue from sales taxes, while rural landowners and environmentalists warn this would further...

Hollister city council members arrived at Tuesday’s meeting ready for combat. Most of a standing-room-only crowd of 200 showed up to plead with their elected representatives for peace. As the council considered a proposal to formally censure Councilmember Rolan Resendiz for repeated negative social media posts,...

Hollister police are investigating what Mayor Ignacio Velazquez calls a “hate crime” against a council member by prominent local lobbyist and former mayor Victor Gomez. Velazquez announced the investigation in a written statement to the Free Lance before the Jan. 21 city council meeting and...