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The Hollister Police Department announced it is increasing patrols in efforts to reduce dangerous driving around school zones. The locations will vary around the school sites within the City of Hollister. “The pick-up and drop-off times at schools are a very busy time for parents; sometimes...

The San Benito Council of Governments, the joint transportation planning agency, has committed itself to a year of focusing on the transportation needs of residents of the county. With money coming in from the passage of Measure G, the inter-governmental organization will now have funds...

County alerts residents in midst of heavy rainNo severe damage came out of last week’s heavy rains that pelted the Santa Clara Valley, but the downpour was a test of whether San Benito County was prepared for all the effects a major storm could...

The House of Representatives passed a bill, 243-183, to reopen the Department of Agriculture—which runs the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly known as SNAP or food stamps—as well as the Food and Drug Administration. Meanwhile, the Department of Agriculture will continue providing food stamps to...

Navigator Schools, which has campuses in Gilroy and Hollister, was recently granted a third charter petition to open a school in Watsonville by the state Board of Education. Navigator plans to open Watsonville Prep School in August 2019, according to Navigator staff. The state board’s decision...

Santa Clara County officials are turning up the heat on California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, demanding that he drop his bid to block the sale of O’Connor and Saint Louise hospitals to the county. In a noon press conference Jan. 24, the county went public...

Uesugi Farms has harvested its last crops. The large, well-known, family-owned vegetable producer with operations in California—Santa Clara, Contra Costa, San Benito and other counties—and Mexico, is selling off all of its equipment and “winding down” its operations. There will be no spring planting of...

Police arrested two Hollister men on suspicion of carrying an illegal weapon last week after the men refused to yield to an attempted traffic stop, according to authorities. About 10:43pm Jan. 17, Hollister Police Officer Evan Umstead was on patrol in the area of Rajakovich...

Police are asking the public for help in the investigation of a Jan. 13 shooting near an elementary school in northwest Hollister. About 10:04pm Jan. 13, Hollister police received a call reporting gunshots fired in the area of 80 Gonzalez Drive, reads a press release...

San Benito High School’s Robotics Team recently won a $5,000 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration that will allow the team to pay for the cost of registering for competitions. Adviser Thien Vu-Nguyen said the grant fund the team's entrance into two...