Official wants to re-examine mosquito tax hike
A county supervisor has asked for reconsideration of the
Community Food Bank prepares for surge in demand
Thousands of households in San Benito County who have received extra CalFresh benefits due to pandemic-related hardships will see a reduction in their monthly allotments as of April 1, and local service providers are preparing now to meet the inevitable surge in demand that...
Boy hurt in hit-and-run near school
A 15-year-old boy was sent to the hospital with bruises Thursday
Group presses on against highway nodes
Andy Hsia-Coron doesn’t seem to be stopping any time soon with his continuous efforts to stop node development within San Benito County. But the president of the Preserve Our Rural Community group will have to fight twice as hard after the County Board of...
Hollister High ag/FFA program ranked 11th in state
Hollister High School’s agriculture and FFA program has earned a ranking of No. 11 out of more than 380 ag programs in the state of California, improving its ranking from No. 15 last year, according to a press release from the San Benito High...
County board ponders homeless shelter issue left off agenda
County supervisors learned Tuesday they may have to tear down the building on a preferred site for a new homeless shelter if they want to build it there and engaged in discussions on the item despite no mention of the topic on the meeting’s agenda.
Recycled water to help conserve conventional supply
Local water guru Jeff Cattaneo told the Free Lance there is “significantly less” flow headed into the Hollister treatment plant in 2015 than there was eight years ago shortly before a long-standing building moratorium ended.
