Three new faces on Hollister school board
A trio of fresh faces will join the Hollister School District’s Board of Education at a time where the governing body is in the process of selecting a new superintendent.
Challengers Carla Torres-Deluna, Stephen Kain and Jan Grist finished one-two-three in the six-candidate race for...
Gavilan’s $248M bond passes by slim margin
The future is bright for Gavilan College with the passing of a $248 million bond measure Nov. 6 as well as the election of three new members to its governing body.
A combined 57 percent of voters in Santa Clara and San Benito counties (who...
PD receives grant for traffic enforcement, education
Hollister Police Department received a state grant to help pay for traffic education and more enforcement of traffic violations on the city’s streets, authorities announced this week.
The $70,000 grant for the local department is from the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS). The funds...
Police: Man arrested for numerous thefts
Police last week arrested a 36-year-old Hollister man believed to be responsible for numerous recent burglaries and thefts.
Over the last several months, Hollister Police officers have responded to multiple reports of vehicle burglaries and thefts from vehicles in various neighborhoods throughout Hollister, according to...
Mouthwatering wines
Pick up a bottle of Calerrain wine and your eye is drawn to the embossed coastline of California running from top to bottom of the textured white label. Tracing the Pacific’s edge, it also traces the journey of Geoff and Chantelle Mace as they...
Bipartisan bill would help specialty crops
Congressman Jimmy Panetta, 20th District Democrat and co-chair of the Congressional Agriculture Research Caucus, has introduced the Specialty Crop Mechanization Prize Challenge Act.
The bipartisan legislation incentivizes innovative agriculture technology development and deployment. The bill also encourages public-private partnerships between agriculture industry and the U.S....
Zombies crawl through pubs
More than 100 “undead” characters took over Hollister’s pub scene on Saturday, Oct. 27 during the second annual Zombie Crawl through eight downtown businesses.
Promoted by ARTI-Culture, a community-based art studio in Hollister, The Zombie Apocalypse featured food, raffles, drink specials and a cash prize...
Election officers serve their communities
Ellen Emma and her husband Vincent have been election officers three or four times since they’ve moved to Hollister. On Oct. 28 they attended a training session so they could work at the polls once again on Nov. 6.
Emma said the process is...
Which council district are you in?
Hollister votes by City Council districts —and county supervisor districts—which means not every ballot is going to look the same on Nov. 6. You can’t just go to any polling place.
Candidates for City Council will be on the ballot in Districts 2, 3...
