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A bill to reopen Clear Creek in San Benito and Fresno counties unanimously passed the House of Representatives on Tuesday. Congressman Jimmy Panetta introduced the Clear Creek National Recreation Area and Conservation Act. The bill directs the Bureau of Land Management to reopen the 63,000-acre Clear...

As the sun swelters over San Benito County this summer, residents are left without a local community pool to help beat the heat. Instead of cycling or walking to a public pool in the city, Hollister residents must get in their car, hit the highway...

The San Benito Community Food Bank is currently undergoing renovations that will revolutionize food service in the county. The local nonprofit rented their current location at 1133 San Felipe Road for a decade, but purchased the building last year. “Through a variety of funding sources, including...

While this year’s raging winter storms are long gone, the county is still working on repairing the damaged levee the rains left behind. Rainfall and flooding earlier this year caused San Benito County to declare a flooding emergency in the area around Lover’s Lane as...

In a bid to keep downtown Hollister’s last patch of open space from becoming condos and offices, Mayor Ignacio Velazquez submitted a petition to city hall on Tuesday that would stop the development of the 400 block of San Benito Street. Velazquez turned into the...

School’s not the only thing that’s out for summer. The Hollister City Council is taking a July recess for the second year in a row. The history of the recess starts in 2015 when that year’s July 6 council meeting was cancelled due to the...

Cannery workers left the picket line and went back to work at San Benito Foods in Hollister earlier this month, after management and their union agreed to a new labor contract that netted both seasonal and year-round workers a $1 an hour raise. The...

The Hollister Police Department issued an evacuation order Wednesday for a major gas leak on Santa Ana Road. The order, issued at 12:56 p.m., called for an immediate evacuation within 2,000 yards of the 200 block of Santa Ana Road. According to Public Information Officer Don...

A man carrying a concealed firearm was arrested by Hollister Police on Saturday. Pedro Ramirez, 37, of Hollister was arrested for carrying a concealed firearm, carrying a loaded firearm, resisting arrest, evading, DUI, and being a felon in possession of a firearm. The San Benito County...

Countless motorcycles lined San Benito Street this weekend as the 70th anniversary Hollister Independence Rally kicked into high gear. Downtown swarmed with bikers of all creeds and colors. Attendees gawked at ferocious hogs and ate their weight in barbeque and Spam fries as engines revved...