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Lowriders, hot rods and rat rods lined the streets of downtown San Juan Bautista Saturday, June 30, for the 11th annual car show with the Los Padrinos Car and Truck Club. The club’s president, Ralph Duarte, who took over after his father Pete Duarte passed...

Now that voters have approved Measure C, the San Benito County Board of Supervisors will soon decide whether to allow commercial cannabis manufacturing or cultivation in the unincorporated county. On July 24 the supervisors will hear a proposal from HDL Companies, a Diamond City, Calif....

The TNT fireworks stand on near the Safeway on Tres Pinos Road was staffed over the long holiday weekend entirely by employees of the Hollister Downtown Association, along with other volunteers. Like all the other fireworks stands in Hollister, fireworks sales are a vital...

Miguel Alvarez of Hollister bought some California Lottery Scratchers a few months ago and didn’t win any money. He did win a free ticket, which was nice. But that’s not what he was after. On his way home from work the following day, he stopped...

Hollister School District’s Board of Trustees approved four contracts totaling nearly $42 million for the development of a 12-acre site for a new primary school. At the June 26 meeting, the board voted unanimously on all four items, the largest being a $41.5 million design-build...

Hollister elementary and middle school teachers will get a 1 percent pay bump retroactive to July 2017 and another 2 percent increase effective January 2018. The Hollister School District’s Board of Trustees approved the negotiated contract terms on a 4-1 vote at a June 26...

The recent deadly outbreak of E. coli in romaine lettuce is officially over. Federal authorities say the romaine lettuce for sale in grocery stores and restaurants is safe to eat. According to a June 28 report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,...

Most animals have a keen sense of hearing so the on going pop, boom and whizzing sounds of the Fourth of July celebration can bring on stress and anxiety causing a pet to panic and freak-out. Keep your pet indoors It may seem obvious, but even...

The dust flew and the crowds cheered at the 85th annual San Benito County Saddle Horse and Rodeo Show at Bolado Park in Tres Pinos June 22-24. Life on the ranch was on display for both country folks and city slickers, with arts and...

The Hollister School District’s Board of Trustees unanimously approved a $5 million deal to purchase a 12-acre parcel of land at Sunnyslope and Fairview roads in the Santana Ranch development. The move is a major step in the district’s desire to build a new school...