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Thousands of people attended the 95th annual San Benito County Fair Oct. 4-7. The four-day event, which took place at the Bolado Park Event Center in Tres Pinos, showcased fun fair food, homemade treats and art, homegrown vegetables as well as cattle and other livestock.

The Free Lance sent three questions to all of the local candidates for the Hollister School District Board of Education. The questions were selected after asking Hollister residents what they would like to hear from their future elected representatives. Answers were limited to 50...

For much of the country, the fall season means cooler weather, changing leaves and pumpkin spice. Where there is no cool weather to be had, we’ll settle for pumpkins—lots of them—in all shapes and sizes. And Hollister’s Swank Farms caters to the cause. Swank’s annual Fall...

Dozens of people gathered Oct. 5 for the official opening of River Parkway Road, otherwise known as the Nash Road Bypass. The bypass has been a highly anticipated project among city, county and San Benito High School officials. The Hollister City Council approved the plans...

Hollister City Council members voted to fill a council seat left vacant by District 1 Councilmember Ray Friend. In a 3-1 vote, Planning Commissioner Carol Lenoir was appointed. The Oct. 1 special meeting began with candidate interviews with the council in chambers. The three candidates...

Police arrested a man for possession of dangerous weapons during a traffic stop earlier this week, according to Hollister Police Department. About 9:40pm Oct. 9, Hollister Police Officer Evan Umstead was on patrol in the 1000 block of Airline Highway area when he stopped a...

The process of introducing commercial cannabis activities in unincorporated San Benito County is moving forward, if a bit slowly. But progress is progress, and on Sept. 25 the San Benito County Board of Supervisors heard a presentation from Hdl Companies that laid out potential...

On Aug. 28, Gov. Jerry Brown signed one of the most sweeping bills of his administration, Senate Bill 10, the California Money Bail Reform Act, which will abolish the state’s current money bail bond system. Frank and Yesenia Rivera, owners of Eight Ball Bail...

No injuries were reported after a big-rig overturned on Highway 25 in Hollister, closing the road for about four hours Oct. 3, according to authorities. About 8pm, a 64-year-old Wisconsin woman was driving a 2000 Peterbilt truck towing a trailer northbound on Highway 25, north...

The 2018 Farm Bill expired Sept. 30, and Congressman Jimmy Panetta said that unless his House Agriculture Committee chair softens on President Donald Trump’s new work requirements for food stamp recipients, farm programs will begin to suffer in the new year. In an interview this...