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Sheriff’s deputies responding to a reported assault uncovered an illegal marijuana garden and more than an ounce of methamphetamine at the suspect’s southeast San Benito County residence, according to authorities.

A mild earthquake may have awakened some light sleepers in a rural area between Aromas and San Juan Bautista early Monday morning. The U.S. Geological Survey reported the 3.3-magnitude temblor at 2:58 am Jan. 13, less than two miles southeast of Aromas and about 3...

Four months after the collapse of a roof at a Hollister tomato cannery sent workers scrambling for their lives, repair efforts have stalled. Hollister city officials said this week that no new permits have been requested by San Benito Foods for further debris removal, construction...

When San Benito High School dance teacher Heather Nichols introduced yoga to Academic Focus Time (AFTs) in the 2018-19 school year, numerous staff members told her they wished they could participate in the yoga sessions during the school day. “The Yoga AFTs showed me how...

New Year’s Day brought a new addition to the Perez/Barragan family in Hollister and the first baby of the New Year to Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital. Bunny Perez and Jose Barragan welcomed their son Saleen at 6:18am on Jan. 1. Saleen weighed in at...

The Hollister Police Department recently donated two surplus vehicles to the San Benito High School auto program, which will give more students opportunities to learn and improve their automobile diagnosis and repair skills in the program. Students depend on these vehicles for their training. They...

Authorities are offering a cash reward for information leading to the prosecution of the person or people who throughout 2019 have thrown objects at dozens of moving cars along Highways 156 and 101 through San Benito and Monterey counties.

In 2019, the question of development along the Highway 101 corridor in San Benito County shifted from “if” to “when.” County officials worked to control the “how” and “where” of the development through zoning changes. A group of vocal residents primarily from Aromas and San...

A San Jose man was pronounced dead at the scene of a Jan. 2 traffic accident on Highway 25 near Bolsa Road, according to authorities. A Hollister man who was driving another vehicle involved in the accident was arrested on suspicion of DUI.

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed almost 1,200 new laws this year, though not all of them took effect Jan. 1. One that did go into effect Jan. 1 was another $1 increase in the California minimum wage. For employers with 25 or fewer employees, it increased...