Updated: Powell Street structure fire uncovers drug lab
A Powell Street structure fire Tuesday led to the discovery of a drug lab.
Hollister Fire Department responded to a call at 808 Powell Street around 6:20 p.m. The fire department was called on a report of an explosion and fire at the address, according to...
San Benito teacher, classified staff honored
The San Benito County Office of Education held the annual Classified and Teacher of the Year awards Monday night.
The following is a list of winners this year:
Employees of the Year
Aromas-San Juan School District: Joe Barros
Calaveras School: Jesse Ortiz
Cerra Vista School: Cheryl Weir
Gabilan Hills: Rosa...
Talk over floating islands, tomato waste heats up
Hollister council members Monday received a report on ways to treat the city’s industrial wastewater facility, including the once proposed floating island concept.
In February 2015, city officials held a special meeting to hear from Mokelumne Hill-based Floating Islands West, LLC. The company’s wastewater treatment...
Highway 129 closure near Aromas starting Sunday
Caltrans is set to close a portion of Highway 129 near the San Benito/Santa Cruz County line for five days.
The closure is expected to start Sunday, April 30 at 9 p.m. and end Friday, May 5 at 11 p.m, according to a press release.
A...
A Japanese cultural celebration
By Laura Barreras
Once used to issue military commands and in religious ceremony, Taiko, or the traditional Japanese-style instrument meaning “fat drum,” will take center stage at the 57th annual Haru Matsuri Festival and Taiko Expo in Morgan Hill—one of the South Valley’s oldest cultural...
What Jews believe
If you’ve ever wondered what Jesus has to do with Judaism or what the Jewish concept of sin is, these are the types of questions that will be addressed during the Interfaith Community of South County’s (ICSC) event The Faith of Our Neighbors: Judaism.
“The...
The goats of Bell Hill Farm
Twelve years ago, Janet and John Locey’s Bell Hill Farm property—situated in one of the more bucolic places in Hollister near the De Rose Winery on 10900 Cienega Road—was covered with poison oak. Left untended, poison oak can destroy anything around it. However, the...
Kids of ‘Seussical, Jr.’ dazzle
If Horton has ever heard a Who, it’s most definitely on the set of Seussical Jr., at San Benito Stage Company’s Granada Theatre.
Produced by Jenny Arbizu and directed by Mike Paddy, Dr. Seuss fans will be right at home as familiar characters take them...
Downtown stores hit by burglaries
Hollister police arrested a suspect in two downtown store break-ins, but then another one occurred early Wednesday morning.
While police announced the arrest of a juvenile suspect in burglaries to Heavenly Bakery and Country Rose Cafe this week, the Green Rush Smoke Shop in the...
Rain-soaked lane gets some love
County Interim Director of Transportation Larry Perlin addressed the state of Lovers Lane and other county roads during a Tuesday meeting.
Perlin is one of two hired consultants, the other being James Walgren, to oversee the county’s Resource Management Agency after former Director Brent Barnes...
