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Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital has expanded its diabetes services with the new Barragan Family Health Care and Diabetes Center. The center was funded by a donation by Mary Ann Barragan and a grant from Monterey Peninsula Foundation, and is the first and only of its...

After months of deliberation and a countywide vote to adopt a tax structure for the recreational cannabis business, marijuana may be coming to unincorporated San Benito County. The San Benito County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1, with outgoing Supervisor Jerry Muenzer in dissent, to...

San Benito High School students, faculty and staff collected 2,023 items during the recently completed Canned Food Drive. That is the most donated food contrib-uted in recent history, surpassing the 1,964 items collected in 2017. All food will be donated to the Community Food...

San Benito High School District Trustee William Tiffany, a 1968 graduate of SBHS, was recognized by his colleagues Nov. 27 for his 16 years of service to the board and the school. Tiffany chose not to run for re-election this year and will be succeeded...

Traffic and parking problems at three local grade schools during student dropoff and pickup times have persisted this school year, increasing safety risks, Hollister School District staff warned last week. Underdeveloped roads surrounding Gabilan Hills/Hollister Dual Language Academy, Calaveras/Accelerated Achievement Academy and R.O. Hardin/Hollister Prep...

Hollister Police invited members of the local special-needs community to the police headquarters last month for a “meet-and-greet” to help the officers and residents get to know each other. The Nov. 15 event was organized by Hollister resident and parent Brian Taylor, who attended with...

California Highway Patrol officers are conducting their annual “Chips for Kids” holiday toy drive, and are inviting the public to contribute to help bring the season’s joy to needy children this winter.   The Hollister-Gilroy Area office of the CHP is partnering with the Walgreens...

Hollister Police Animal Care and Services will team up with the GardenMart to host the second annual “A Home for the Holidays Petography” event and fundraiser Dec. 8, noon-4pm. The event will take place at the GardenMart, 410 Spring Grove Road in Hollister. The “petography”...

‘Tis the season for holiday greetings—and doorstep package theft—and Hollister Police are on the lookout for their first reported suspect this winter. On Nov. 27, an unidentified woman stole a package from the front doorstep of a residence on the 1100 block of Marne Drive,...

Detectives with the San Benito County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Saratoga man who stole a guitar worth $20,000 from a Hollister area resident, according to authorities. On Nov. 25, a male later identified as Mark Michael Ellis, 26, responded to an ad on Craigslist for...