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County voters may be asked to vote on several different tax measures in the June and November elections. The San Benito County Board of Supervisors this week began looking at tax ballot measures to fund regional road repairs, public safety, and administrative payrolls. First one the...

Christine Burda, or, “The Flower Girl,” isn’t just a budding florist. She’s an event planner, restaurateur, event coordinator, salesperson, as well as being a former caterer. The entrepreneur is one several new business owners working to see San Juan Bautista flourish. The Flower Girl...

Early this month, Mike and Mary Howard were busy making their usual plans for Valentine’s Day: preparing special menu items for more than 150 neighbors and friends at their Inn at Tres Pinos restaurant. It may not seem romantic, but the Howards like spreading their...

It was a sight to see during lunch break Feb. 8 at San Benito High School as the inaugural Gifted Soccer game matched teams of Life Skills students. The friendly yet competitive game received an assist from student-athletes from the San Benito High School girls...

Do you have something to say about regional public transportation? You have until March 1 to share comments with the Council of San Benito County Governments. The county’s regional transportation agency held a series of meetings earlier this month to take public comment on unmet...

Eight days after unveiling his plans for a new Farm Bill in Washington, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue headed to California to help sell the plan to farmers in the nation’s biggest agricultural state. His whirlwind visit was to have included stops at farms...

Hollister police are warning residents of a “virtual kidnapping scam” in which a caller or callers have attempted to extract ransom money from unsuspecting local victims in recent days. The Hollister Police Department detailed one attempt at this scam in a Feb. 18 press release....

The San Benito County Sheriff’s Office has received reports of a prior scam that has resurfaced. In the scam phone call, the caller identifies themselves as a deputy with the San Benito County Sheriff’s Office. The caller then claims the victim is supposed to report...

A shift from an at-large to a trustee area election system this year will determine three seats on the San Benito High School District Board of Trustees for the first time in November. For the current five-member board, the change in format was a welcome...

The latest annual crime tallies for the City of Hollister show that 2017 was less violent and slightly more larcenous than previous years, but the city’s acting police chief says the police department and its staff measure their success by much more than statistics. “We’re...