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As a fog bank hovered over the California State Monterey Bay campus on Monday, 150 immigrants from 19 nations took part in a naturalization ceremony at the university’s ballroom in Seaside. In the room’s front rows sat eager participants, all carrying little American flags that...

Congressman Jimmy Panetta announced last week that five San Benito County schools have been awarded more than one million dollars in federal grants for the upcoming school year. Schools include the Aromas-San Juan Unified School District, the Hollister Elementary School District, the North County Joint...

A request for proposal for a new regional trash contract is expected to go before county supervisors this summer. The current franchise agreement with Recology was approved in 2007 and had an eight-year term from November 20, 2007 to June 30, 2015. According to a Hollister...

Citizens concerned about lacking enforcement of illegal fireworks use in Hollister could rest just a bit easier this year. The Hollister Police Department for the first time in 2017 took the lead on a crackdown of the activity. Leading up to July 4 in Hollister,...

Arcade video games and an ambrosial selection of fizzy drinks are the stuff of dreams to an eighties kid, and for both, there is Sweet Machine, San Juan Bautista’s newest business in its historic downtown. Classic games like Millipede, Frogger, Sega’s Out Run, Double Dragon...

Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka is just the sort of light trifle that will amuse adults and children alike on a hot summer evening—as refreshing as an ice cream cone. Directed by Carol Harris with choreography by Jyovonne Montosa at Morgan Hill’s South Valley Civic Theatre,...

Plentiful winter rains bring a spring of singular delights: energized creeks, top shelf wildflower displays and green hills that persist through April. As wonderful as our lowland spring has been, it is quaint and timid compared to the cirque du soleil of water shows...

The number of homeless people in San Benito County has dropped, according to a new county report. Health and Human Services Director James Rydingsword presented a homeless services report to county supervisors on Tuesday. The county is required to conduct a homeless census every two...

Hollister City Council Monday appointed longtime city employee Geri Johnson as the next treasurer. The City of Hollister held an open application process for the position after former Treasurer Cecilia Rios moved out of the city. The city treasurer can be elected by the public...