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A threatening message was found at Marguerite Maze Middle School late Wednesday afternoon, but police and district staff determined it was not a credible threat, according to a press release from the Hollister School District.

The county sheriff’s office is investigating a suspected homicide after finding a body over an embankment and a baseball bat in a rural area southwest of San Juan Bautista.

Gavilan College trustees held their first ad hoc educational site committee meeting in three years this week to look at possible partnerships that would bring more higher education opportunities to San Benito County.

District Attorney Candice Hooper at Tuesday's board meeting broached the upcoming parole hearing of local murderer Gustavo Marlow and vowed she will push to "keep him in state prison where he belongs."

County supervisors learned Tuesday they may have to tear down the building on a preferred site for a new homeless shelter if they want to build it there and engaged in discussions on the item despite no mention of the topic on the meeting’s agenda.

Hollister Mayor Ignacio Velazquez recently sounded the alarm about the pace of growth in the city.

There is no specific time frame for a contractor to conduct work downtown that involves reducing the number of lanes from four to two for a key stretch, a public works officials told the Free Lance this week.

Hollister Councilman Ray Friend, like other colleagues, had questions Monday about current state laws and other communities’ precedent when it comes to establishing required, local regulations on medicinal marijuana.

The San Benito High School District agreed to pay $3,000 for a Saturday workshop focusing on communication between trustees and the superintendent, plus a day of interviews leading up to the event, according to records obtained by the Free Lance.