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The new West Hills Water Treatment Plant is now operational and bringing higher-quality, better-tasting water to the west and central areas of Hollister. A grand opening event is planned to celebrate on Saturday, November 4 at 10 a.m. The treatment plant began operations on September 12,...

From the opening languorous procession of Broadway showgirls in stupendous headdresses and a boatload of sequins and rhinestones, through the finale and final bows of the cast, be prepared to be dazzled by South Valley Civic Theatre’s production of Stephen Sondheim’s Follies. Director Megan Griffin...

County officials have ordered work to stop at the solar farm at Panoche Valley after negotiations broke down with operator ConEdison Development. “They’re also submitting for a project down in San Bernardino,” Board Chairman Jaime De La Cruz said by phone last week. “We’re sending...

County residents affected by winter flooding spoke during Tuesday’s San Benito County Board of Supervisors meeting as officials discussed how to pay to fix a broken levee system. Unrelenting rainfall last winter overwhelmed a Pacheco Creek levee system, flooding country roads and creating havoc for...

Smoke from cannon fire fills the air as soldiers in frayed blue uniforms scatter for cover. Stationed on either side of the park stand rows of white linen tents. And bustling to and fro, women and children, dressed in 19th century garb rush to prepare...

The sweet sounds of youth taking part in something positive filled an upstairs room of the Veterans Memorial Building Saturday morning. Twenty students from the program, “Guitars Not Guns,” were strumming along to “La Bamba” with the instructors who had taught them for the...

President Donald Trump’s decision last week to eliminate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program sparked fear and fury across the nation, but Hollister institutions stood united. “The recent announcement heightened the deep sense of responsibility many of us at the college feel towards...

Summer may be coming to a close, but talk continues about the need for a public pool in Hollister and how it should be funded. “What we’re here for today is to ask the city and county to include in their impact fees monies...

Retired San Benito County Judge Tom Breen and San Benito High School student Belen Andrade will be honored at Saturday’s Youth Alliance Change Maker gala in Gilroy. “One of the goals of our annual event is to highlight members of the community who would normally...