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Hollister resident Shannon Maguire hopes to raise a pig for the San Benito County Fair that will cash in at $70,000, a sum that could pay several years of college tuition.

Nearly eight months after the county board chose a Southside Road location for a permanent homeless shelter in San Benito County, supervisors Tuesday reversed course and opted for a different site along Flynn Road.

Former San Benito County Supervisor Harold Cerrato passed away this week at the age of 87, according to an obituary published in the Free Lance.

Drivers can expect delays at certain hours on Highway 156 next week with paving work scheduled, according to Caltrans. The transportation agency expects delays of 15 to 20 minutes on the nine-mile stretch between the construction work hours of 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Nearly eight months after the county board chose a Southside Road location for a permanent homeless shelter in San Benito County, supervisors Tuesday reversed course and opted for a different site along Flynn Road.

Police alleged a threatening message found on the wall of a student restroom at Marguerite Maze Middle School last week warned the office to evacuate the school Friday because of a bomb, according to the Hollister School District.

San Benito High School is about to bring the pink out in an effort to raise awareness of breast cancer and to support local students fighting it.

Hollister Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9242 will award a $200 check to the winner of this year’s Patriot Pen Essay Contest and $25 checks to runners up.

For city engineering official David Rubcic, an effort to reduce downtown traffic from four to two lanes should result in a more friendly environment for pedestrians and bicyclists.

Hollister police are conducting a DUI checkpoint at an unspecified location in city limits Saturday, according to an announcement.