Marty: District lines give rural areas edge over majority in Hollister
As most Californians know, there is only one consolidated city-county in the state, San Francisco. The other 57 counties have 481 cities and towns within their borders; San Benito County has only two, Hollister and San Juan Bautista. A good case can be made for making San Benito the second consolidated city-county in the state to improve our economic and political future and to ensure that the residents of Hollister are fairly represented at the county level.
Caltrain faces $30M shortfall
A grass-roots group of Caltrain supporters will hold a Summit to
Comfortable weather in store for Garlic Festival
Gilroy Garlic Festival-goers have one more thing to be happy about besides Pepper Steak Sandwiches, garlic-scented bubbles or a 250-foot-long zip line: Afternoon temperatures this weekend should be about 10 degrees cooler than seasonal averages, according to forecaster Bob Benjamin with the National Weather Service in Monterey.
Chief says OT recorded properly, but not in database
Police Chief Jeff Miller responds to critics of the city's
Board of Supervisors rejects $1 million defamation claim
The San Benito County Board of Supervisors rejected a $1 million
Farr schedules town hall meeting in San Juan
District 17 Congressman Sam Farr has scheduled a slate of summer
R.O. Hardin upgrades scheduled to start in spring
R.O. Hardin, the oldest of the Hollister School District campuses, may be getting a campus makeover as soon as April 2016, according to information provided at last week’s regularly scheduled board meeting.













