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A Paicines resident and photographer shared how she is bringing to light the face of homelessness in our communities during a Jan. 12 reception for an exhibit at the Gilroy Center for the Arts. Kirti Bassendine who splits her time between Morgan Hill and San...

Jose Antonio Barajas, who was arrested in Mexico last summer on suspicion of murdering a teenage girl in Hollister in 2014, will next appear in local court Feb. 6. The hearing is scheduled as a “pre-preliminary” hearing, according to records at the San Benito County...

Two Hollister residents accused of the murder of laundromat owner Yoon Ji in December 2017 are scheduled for a preliminary hearing Jan. 22 and 23 at the San Benito County Courthouse. Suspects Sang Ji, 49, and Jung Choi, 45, are both charged with the murder...

The Hollister Police Department will increase patrols in efforts to reduce dangerous driving around school zones, according to an announcement from local police. 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...

A new elementary school at Santana Ranch will be completed in January 2021—six months later than the original estimate—after the Hollister School District Board of Education approved new design plans. The board voted 4-1 in favor of change at its last meeting of 2018, with...

Council member Marty Richman for District 4 this week was selected to be Hollister mayor pro tempore for 2019. The decision was made by the newly sworn-in council in its first meeting of the new year, and upended the traditional selection process for the position--...

San Benito County Sheriff’s deputies on Jan. 11 were looking for a Hollister man who had been released after a drug arrest. Several days after the man was released, deputies found weapons, drugs and bomb-making materials in the man’s home near San Benito High...

By the end of the day Jan. 7, Hollister School District’s new superintendent Diego Ochoa had already introduced himself to the community with a meet-and-greet at the district office. By the end of the day Jan. 8, Ochoa—who emerged as the sole finalist among a...

New Year’s Day brought a welcome addition to the Palacios family in Hollister and the first baby of the New Year to Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital. Herman and Mandy Palacios welcomed their son, Herman, Jr., on Jan. 1 at 6:22am. Their little bundle of joy...

Retired educator and new trustee Stephen Kain was selected as Hollister School District’s next school board president through 2019 after a split vote in his favor at the annual organization meeting Dec. 18. “It was an honor,” said Kain of being elected president. “Even though...