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A consultant hired by city and county to provide outreach on public services during a push for three separate sales tax increases contended her group does not take part in election advocacy. But the president of a taxpayer watchdog organization bemoaned the activity as “fraught with controversy.”

The Community Food Bank of San Benito County could get a big boost with the help of mail carriers and customers on Saturday.

The new Del Webb project at San Juan Oaks is using a state law that allows for the formation of a Geologic Hazard Abatement District to curtail risks of building in earthquake country.

A 34-year-old Hollister man accepted a plea deal for sexually assaulting a minor and was sentenced to 120 days in jail along with probation.

The Hollister School District Board of Trustees on Saturday announced the hiring of Dr. Lisa Andrew from Campbell to succeed Dr. Gary McIntire as superintendent after this school year ends.

Community members are invited to attend a public forum to hear from three finalists for the top leadership position at Gavilan College, according to a press release from the school.

Hollister council members in a special study session Wednesday will consider closing various streets for the filming of a movie May 15, a Sunday.

As the Hollister School District parents flipped the glossy yellow, blue and green pages of a photocopied children’s book, they read about a young girl and her grandfather.

Randy Ragsac of Hollister, a member of the All For the Shine Detailing team, returned from a two-week Boeing Centennial mega aircraft detailing event, perhaps the largest organized detailing event on record, according to an announcement from event organizers. As a member of the 60-man 2016 Air Force One & Museum of Flight Detail Team, Ragsac helped clean and preserve 17 historic airplanes at Seattle’s Museum of Flight.

The following are upcoming events at Pinnacles National Park.