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San Benito High School students marched across the grass in red and white gowns as they prepared to cross a stage, pick up diplomas and begin a new chapter of life.

 Funeral Services Friday, June 10, 2016, at 11:00 A.M., at Habing Family Funeral Home. Condolences and full obituary at www.HabingFamilyFuneralHome.com.

 Funeral Services Friday, June 10, 2016, at 11:00 A.M., at Habing Family Funeral Home. Condolences and full obituary at www.HabingFamilyFuneralHome.com.

Hollister resident Stephanie Ortiz was afraid she wouldn’t finish high school after she became a teen mom, but she graduated a year early after switching to San Andreas Continuation School.

For more than a decade with occasions like Memorial Day, locals have perused the brick pavers at the Veterans Memorial Building courtyard’s outer edge to see a glimpse of someone they once knew, or perhaps a family member or friend who died for the country.

As humankind has expanded its reach, wildlife and the natural world have retreated. Only recently have we realized that it is in our power to exhaust the resources of a world we once thought limitless. What we had previously struggled to conquer, now needs to be saved.

Although the state has revoked mandatory water restrictions for residential users after a relatively wet winter, this county’s authorities are examining whether to implement locally based conservation rules.

The San Benito High School senior trip to Disneyland has been canceled after a widespread outbreak of illness, according to the high school district. There have been reports of many illnesses among the senior class of about 800 students. The soon-to-be graduates were set to...

Trustees approved a seven-page contract that offers moving expenses, covers the cost of a cell phone and gives other perks to Lisa Andrew, the new superintendent for the Hollister School District.