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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....

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...

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...

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...

Silicon Valley Clean Energy has signed two long-term agreements for the largest utility-scale, solar-plus-storage projects to be built in California, for community power agencies serving Morgan Hill, Gilroy and Hollister. The two projects will provide 153 megawatts (MW) of solar and 47 MW of storage...

You can't head down to the Hollister Municipal Airport and catch a flight to Hong Kong. What you will find is a city-owned airport that's CalFire's local airbase, a home for gliders, flying lessons, helicopter rides, and a home for private aviators who fly...

When 21-year-old Gavilan College student Brandon Puthoff learned about the new drone program being offered at the Coyote Valley campus north of Morgan Hill, he jumped on the opportunity right away and signed up for several classes in the six-course certificate program. “I’m hoping to...

Situated on 355 acres of redwood forest with views of the entire Monterey Bay, Mount Madonna School (MMS) offers its students an environment like no other. “At MMS, we ask our students to take care of this beautiful land they are schooled on,” upper school...

Hollister Police arrested a man Oct. 22 for drunkenly crashing his vehicle into a gas and water line after angrily shouting at officers at the county jail while they were booking his father for an earlier offense, according to authorities. About 10:45pm Oct. 22, Hollister...

As the 2018 election inches closer, local candidates have been competing to collect campaign contributions for basics like yard signs, pamphlets and call lists. With one more filing deadline—Oct. 26—before Election Day, Nov.6, not all Hollister City Council candidates have filed paperwork to let...