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Progress on the Nash Road Bypass—a critical component of San Benito High School’s new campus plan— is inching along, according to an update given at February’s intergovernmental committee meeting. The new bypass road will allow the closing of a portion of Nash Road between Monterey...

San Benito County Supervisor Robert Rivas’ political campaign announced last week the endorsement of Equality California in the race for the 30th State Assembly District. “I am extremely proud to be endorsed by Equality California,” Rivas said. “I am dedicated to making sure all Californians...

Growing up in Hollister, Margot Tankersley had a knack for making sweets. “I started making lollipops in the eighth-grade,” she says. And by the time she was a student at Boise State University, she realized her candymaking skills could thrill more than just the select few—so...

There’s a little-known town in the state of Maine, where temperatures are low, relationships are ever-changing, and surreal experiences are commonplace. San Benito Stage Company (SBSC) is bringing this fictional town - and the play of the same name-  “Almost, Maine,”  to the I.O.O. F....

Nearly $7 million in upgrades to the outdoor athletic facilities at Gavilan College are in full swing. The end result will put the local community college in a league of its own. The multi-faceted project, which provides a complete overhaul of two existing sports facilities...

San Benito County voters may be asked again this fall to vote on a countywide sales tax, a one-cent levy that would fund road repairs, maintenance and transportation projects. Voters rejected a sales tax measure in 2016. The Council of San Benito County Governments, the county’s...

The Hollister City Council unanimously voted Monday night to allow recreational cannabis cultivation, manufacturing, distribution, and testing businesses to operate within city limits. Recreational, or adult-use, dispensaries and retail sales are still prohibited, but medical cannabis will be available from two dispensaries—Purple Cross Rx...

Not many industries are eager to be taxed, but the burgeoning cannabis industry in Hollister is willing to pay in order to operate in a market now friendly to recreational, adult-use businesses. "Taxes are a concern in the industry, and if you add state and...

A Hollister man and woman accused of killing the man’s wife in late 2017 will next appear in court Feb. 15 at the San Benito County Courthouse. Sang Ji, 49, the husband of murder victim Yoon Ji, and co-defendant Jung Choi, 45, are both charged...

Authorities arrested a 15-year-old Hollister boy on suspicion of felony animal cruelty after observing a social media video in which he is seen throwing a small Maltese dog to the ground, according to police. On Jan. 30, officers from Sunnyvale Animal Control contacted Hollister Police...