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With poppies and other wildflowers in bloom, Bear Gulch filled with water and California condors soaring above volcanic peaks, Pinnacles National Park is in its peak season. Park rangers say that April is the most popular month for hikers of all ages to enjoy one...

When San Benito High School students walk into the brand new 2,000-square-foot dance studio on the ground floor of the $10.7 million Visual and Performing Arts & Academic Building, they are now welcomed by bright lights, mirrored walls, ballet bars and a spacious, enlightening...

The Free Lance was honored this month with two first-place awards in the 2017 California Journalism Awards contest of the California News Publishers Association. The Free Lance won first place in the Enterprise News category, for a series of news articles written by Managing Editor...

Mercedes Berglund, San Benito High School’s supervisor of security, became the first civilian to be honored with a Challenge Coin, was presented to her April 10 by Hollister Police Chief David Westrick. Berglund was recognized at the the district’s Board of Trustees’ meeting for earning...

The next stop is Salinas for two Hollister finalists at the finals for Start-Up Challenge Monterey Bay, a yearly entrepreneur competition organized by California State University Monterey Bay. Ohana Shaved Ice and Arti-Culture will vie for cash prizes at the finale on May 12, at...

For new Morgan Hill neighborhoods, outlying ranches, or businesses where fiber-optic cable lines haven't yet reached, getting adequate high-speed internet may not only be frustrating, but it can hinder economic progress. To help bring internet services from these areas into the fast lane, Bullet...

Do your children have a flair for the dramatic? Do they bust out the latest moves—or belt out the latest tunes? If so, you may want to consider enrolling them in San Benito Stage Company (SBSC)’s Theatre Camp this summer, June 18-22, at Sacred Heart...

When we talk about eggs, we’re almost always talking about the content of eggs—as much a part of the American morning as the rising sun, the resemblance to which is one of the egg’s most appealing features. But if we talk about the egg not...

The expansion of the San Benito County Jail—which will increase the correctional facility’s housing capacity by about 50 percent—is well underway on Flynn Road in north Hollister. But the county has not yet budgeted all of the costs to open the jail and keep...

The costumes are made, props are placed, and the stage is set. And in an all-too-familiar plot twist, everything goes missing the night of the show. A headline of the latest happening at San Benito Stage Company? Thankfully not. But a story from a Dr. Seuss...