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Experienced knitters know working with luxury yarn really feels wonderful. Quality yarns glide easily through the fingers. “As knitters become more experienced, they become more educated on benefits of working with quality yarns,” explains Shirley Todd. “Luxury and hand-dyed yarns truly elevate the projects.” Continental Stitch...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today, Dec. 13, that it has reached a settlement with Buckhorn Inc., ordering the Ohio company to study, then clean up mercury contamination at a federal Superfund site in the southeast corner of San Benito County. The initial investigation...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday afternoon, Dec. 13 that it has identified “a positive sample result for the outbreak strain in the sediment of a local irrigation reservoir used by a single farm owned and operated by Adam Bros. Farms in...

Police arrested a suspected drunk driver who crashed into a house in Hollister the night of Dec. 10. About 6:24pm, Hollister police officers were dispatched to the 1200 block of Hamilton Drive on a report that a vehicle crashed into a residence. When officers arrived,...

This isn't your grandad's cannabis business—unless your grandfather happens to be Captain Kirk. High Sierra Analytics in Hollister expects to open its cannabis testing laboratory within a month, in an industry that has lots of demand, but little supply. As testing requirements become tighter over...

The San Benito County Board of Supervisors voted this week to allow commercial cannabis production—but not any medical dispensaries or retails sales— in unincorporated parts of the county. The county resolution will require that prospective cannabis businesses obtain separate permits for each type of commercial...

Hollister native Adam Lemke grew up watching NASCAR, envisioning himself one day as a professional race car driver. The 16-year-old Lemke—a San Benito High junior who is on independent studies—took a big step in making that dream a reality when he was named a...

Prospective students can now enroll in winter and spring session classes at Gavilan College, which offers a variety of courses at five locations as well as online: the main campus is in Gilroy, with additional instructional sites in San Jose’s Coyote Valley, Morgan Hill,...

The current five-member Hollister School District Board of Education convened in closed session Dec. 8 to interview six finalists for the superintendent job. The governing body was to conduct more in-person interviews with the finalists again Dec. 13 with a goal of identifying one finalist...

Taking a draw on a cigar in a sports lounge is a rare opportunity in Northern California. The Morgan Hill Wine Shop and Cigar Company is one of a handful of lounges where novices and aficionados can legally relax and enjoy a cigar. The sports...