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It’s official: incumbent Mayor Ignacio Velazquez will once again face off against two-time challenger Keith Snow.

Hollister City Council members Monday voted 4-1 in support of making a decision by Sept. 19 on a new Medicinal Marijuana Administrative Ordinance that would allow pot dispensaries in town for the first time since 2010.

San Benito County supervisors Tuesday voted 4-0 to leave the CalPERS Health Care network, which has provided options to county employees and retirees for 23 years. Supervisors decided to switch coverage to the California State Association of Counties Excess Insurance Authority in a 3-1 vote,...

Every August, the twang of banjos fills tiny Tres Pinos. At the Good Old-Fashioned Bluegrass Festival, a crowd of about 1,000 gathers for concerts during the day and jam sessions around campfires lasting well into the night. Bluegrass originated in the uplands of the rural...

Bluegrass Festival The Northern California Bluegrass Society is putting on its 22nd annual Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival at the San Benito County Historic Park. It is set for Friday through Sunday, and includes acts on a stage along with a tree-filled, shady campground for...

After more than four decades of service, an employee of Hollister-based Guerra Nut Shelling is calling it quits on Friday. Connie Flores plans to retire from the walnut business Friday after starting her work with the company 42 years ago in the mid-1970s. She worked closely...

About 2,000 students have a backpack and school supplies thanks to dozens of local volunteers who took part in this year’s Stuff the Bus fundraiser. The United Way-led effort culminated last Saturday with a backpack giveaway in the parking lot of Hollister’s Target store. “What we...

With controversy sprouting, Hollister council members plan to move ahead on official consideration of a medicinal marijuana ordinance at their next meeting Monday. The item is heading to Monday’s 6:30 p.m. agenda—11 days after about 200 people packed the Veterans Memorial Building, with many sharing...

San Benito County supervisors Tuesday declared support for a bill aiming to reopen Clear Creek National Recreation Area. Supervisors at their 9 a.m. Tuesday meeting approved a letter of support for H.R. 1838 introduced by Congressman Sam Farr, D-Carmel, in April 2015. The bill passed...

In a July county board meeting, Supervisor Anthony Botelho launched into one of his periodic tirades about overbearing state regulations, from the Fish and Wildlife agency, causing harm to the local economy. In this case, that harm was more akin locally to an economic shipwreck, with Atlanta-based Pulte Group pulling out of its highly desirable Del Webb community at San Juan Oaks Golf Club.