Volunteers spruce up downtown
Volunteers for the annual Spring Cleanup sponsored by the Downtown Business Association brought brooms, dustpans, garden gloves and shovels to help get San Benito Street and cross streets in tip-top shape. Volunteers of all ages, including local Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts, beautified the...
Hollister cannabis debate drags on
Two cannabis dispensaries are preparing to open in Hollister, but the City Council is still reluctant to approve the sale of recreational cannabis. No council member made a motion on the issue at an April 22 meeting, preferring instead to schedule another public forum...
Police: Hollister man arrested for 2014 murder
Hollister Police arrested a local man in relation to a 2014 murder after the suspect visited the police station Easter Sunday to make a statement about the crime, according to authorities.
Annual Gifted Games set for April 26 in Gilroy
The annual Gifted Games, which allows students with disabilities to participate in athletic events in a non-competitive atmosphere, will be held Friday, April 26 at Gilroy High School.
The event started in 2005 with the Life Skills program at San Benito High School and later...
Hollister students travel world with virtual field trips
Hollister teachers can now take their students just about anywhere in the world without leaving their classrooms.
That’s because of a new “virtual field trip pilot” program, facilitated through the Hollister School District’s technology department.
“With a teacher guiding an expedition, students can be placed right...
New plan for farmworker housing
Growing up in farmworker housing in Paicines, California informed how newly elected state Assemblymember Robert Rivas ran his campaign for his District 30 seat, and now it’s informing one of his first proposed pieces of legislation.
The Farmworker Housing Act of 2019 has made its...
‘Mile in Her Shoes’
Hundreds of mostly men and boys donned pairs of red high-heeled shoes on San Benito Street April 13 in the 7th Annual Walk A Mile in Her Shoes march to raise awareness about gender violence and help end sexual assault in San Benito County....
Politicians don red shoes
These local politicians—from left, San Benito County supervisors Jaime de La Cruz and Peter Hernandez, Mayor Ignacio Velazquez and Councilmember Rolan Resendiz— donned shiny red high-heeled shoes April 13 and joined hundreds of mostly men and boys on San Benito Street in the 7th...
YMCA of San Benito to take part in Healthy Kids Day
All branches of the Central Coast YMCA will celebrate April 27 as Healthy Kid’ Day, the Y’s national initiative to improve the health and well-being of kids and families, according to an April 15 press release.
For over 25 years, YMCA’s Healthy Kids Day has...
Feds OK $2.5M health center grant
The San Benito Health Foundation in Hollister has received $2.5 million grant from the Department of Health and Human Services to allow it to continue providing a wide range of primary health care services.
The foundation has operated its federally funded community health center since...

















