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Between June 2016—when the Hollister City Council entered into an exclusive negotiating agreement to sell the 400 block of San Benito Street—and its vote a year later to sell the property, the price jumped by 77 percent. Council members may have been unaware that...

Flapjacks restaurant is a culinary gem in the historic town of Tres Pinos. Serving up American-style breakfast and lunch, the restaurant and owner, Hollister resident Naomi Ruiz, will be honored next week with a Community Spirit Award by Gavilan College. Presented annually, the commendations honor...

The San Benito Babe Ruth League had been looking forward to celebrating its 60th anniversary this fall until an arsonist lit up the group’s equipment at Veterans Memorial Park. “There was an arson fire set down at the field,” said Greg Lopez, president of the...

The time of unrestricted shopping cart usage in Hollister is coming to an end as city leaders move to adopt an ordinance that regulates the grocery store staple as a way to counter blight. The council conducted a first reading of the ordinance at its...

Before she moved into the new Buena Vista apartment complex in Hollister last month, Mary (who did not want to give her last name) lived with her two kids in one room at her parent’s house. “It was hard,” said Mary, who has a 20-year...

The Gavilan Joint Community College District Board of Trustees is considering placing a $248 million bond measure on the November 2018 ballot. A recent survey found a sample of district residents, from Hollister to south San Jose, were in support of the measure, which would...

Local chef Carlos Pineda demonstrated cooking recipes at last weekend’s San Benito Olive Festival. Hundreds of people attended the fourth annual event at the San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos to sample olives, olive oil and other local goods. “The experience was great!” Pineda...

Hollister police officers arrested a man for brandishing a firearm at a motorist during a road rage incident last Sunday, Oct.15. Police received a report at 11:30am of a person driving a maroon-colored Honda with dealer plates who brandished a handgun out the window after...

Former San Benito High School Superintendent John Perales was sentenced to two years of court probation earlier this month for brandishing a gun at a person in a car parked outside his Gilroy house in October 2016. He also received 20 days of jail that...

The fourth annual San Benito Olive Festival on Saturday showcased the very finest of this ancient crop. Just eight miles from Hollister at the San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos, hundreds of attendees sampled regionally-grown olives and olive oil, local wines and craft...