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It’s all about the mountainous views from this secluded home in Paicines. The 23-acre ranch it sits on is a nice touch, too. Located at 2251 Cottonwood Road, the 1,635-square-foot home includes three bedrooms and two baths. The home, built in 1978, features a two-car...

Two moderate earthquakes—100 miles and 14 hours apart—this week near opposite ends of the Calaveras Fault were reminders of the 30th anniversary on Oct. 17 of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. A 4.7-magnitude tremor along the Calaveras Fault near Tres Pinos rattled shelves in Hollister...

The Hollister Police Department and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will co-host a prescription drug disposal event from 10am to 2pm Oct. 26.

Hollister Police worked with the management of a new cannabis dispensary to stop the distribution of allegedly unauthorized marijuana products in the community.

Nearly 30 years ago, on Oct. 17, 1989, the Masonic Temple clock tower in Hollister was frozen at 5:04 pm, the exact time the 6.9 Loma Prieta earthquake shook the Bay Area and Central Coast, causing massive destruction and claiming 67 lives. No Hollister residents...

Steam from decades of canning tomatoes may have caused dry rot in roof timbers at a San Benito Foods cannery building last month, contributing to the catastrophic collapse, say city inspectors. As many as 30 workers narrowly escaped injury in the Sept. 18 building failure...

In another stunning rebuke to California environmentalists and local officials, the federal Bureau of Land Management on Oct. 4 approved a plan to open 789,500 acres of public lands and underground federal mineral rights across California’s Central Coast to new oil and gas drilling. The...

Perfect weather and the harvest season brought folks to the 2019 San Benito County Fair in record numbers, according to fair organizers, who reported significantly larger crowds compared to the last few years.  “For Thursday our attendance was up over 60 percent compared to...

San Benito County Superior Court Judge Steven R. Sanders denied a motion by murder suspect Jose Antonio Barajas to dismiss the charges against him. The judge denied the motion at a Sept. 25 hearing at the county courthouse, according to District Attorney Candice Hooper. Barajas...

All it took was 15 seconds on Oct. 17, 1989 at 5:04 p.m. to forever alter the course of California’s future. The 6.9-magnitude Loma Prieta Earthquake killed 63 people and injured nearly 4,000 others, and was estimated to cause nearly $6 billion in damages state-wide. Even...