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Gavilan College removed 17 out-of-state football players—all but one of them African American—from the team and campus last week, claiming the athletes had received prohibited transportation, housing and food benefits and were improperly recruited. They all lived in the same three-bedroom house in Hollister, rent-free...

The San Benito County department in charge of street repair has been as rocky as the roads it oversees. Six months ago the director of the Resource Management Agency abruptly resigned and was replaced by a pair of consultants. That move by county policy...

The pot leaf is a four-leaf clover for cannabis entrepreneurs who want to do business in Hollister. City policymakers Tuesday voted to hear numerous medical cannabis applicants at a future meeting in October and to direct city staff to begin recruiting for pot-related personnel....

The West Nile virus has been detected in San Benito County. “In San Benito County we just received confirmation that one sentinel chicken tested positive for the West Nile virus,” San Benito County Agricultural Commissioner Karen Overstreet said in a September 1 announcement. In response...

Natural disasters can happen at any time or any place. Residents in Texas, Louisiana and Florida know that first hand with the devastating Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. San Benito County is no stranger to natural disasters. Massive flooding occurred earlier this year and the...

As the summer heat continues, discussion over the future of city parks in Hollister has warmed up. “One of the products of the plan will be the development of a capital improvement program and budget,” said City Engineer David Rubcic about the park facility master...

City leaders Tuesday inched closer to deciding the fate of the vacant 400 block in downtown Hollister. In closed session at the Hollister City Council meeting, council members decided to vote on Mayor Ignacio Velazquez’s successful petition to halt development on the city-owned parcel...

The San Benito County Fair is coming to town and still accepting entries! The annual event will run from Thursday, September 28 to Sunday, October 1. Online entries are mobile-friendly will be accepted until midnight on Friday, September 8. The entry office will also answer online...

Mrs. B’s Z-Place has been a mainstay on Third Street, the main street in downtown San Juan Bautista for almost 20 years. The eclectic boutique, full of vintage-inspired fashions, accessories and collectibles and inspired by the glamor of by-gone eras, has been a draw...

From high on the Arrowhead Loop Trail at the Coyote Valley Open Space Preserve, the scene below is bucolic and still. Coyote Creek, lined with cottonwoods and sycamores, meanders north toward the bay; orchards and hayfields rustle in the prevailing northwest wind; remnant grasslands...