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The Hollister School District Board of Trustees has unanimously approved $450,000 to employ two safety resource officers for the next two school years. At the board’s July 24 meeting, Trustees Robert Bernosky, Peter Hernandez, Elizabeth Martinez, Patricia Moore and Elsa Rodriguez were all in agreement...

The family of a 22-year-old Fairfield councilman said their

Some of the youngest performers from the San Benito Dance Academy’s production of “The Nutcracker” took their first steps in front of an audience Saturday when they performed a few numbers from the ballet at the 12 Days of Giving finale at Tiffany Ford in Hollister.

Daniel Recht contended boosting the tourism industry wouldn’t save the county from its woes. Victor Gomez referred to Recht’s sentiment about tourism as “negative” and called for using more hotel-tax revenue to attract visitors. Jerry Muenzer, meanwhile, touted his backing of a tourism business district to fund the efforts.

San Benito County stood up to cancer on Friday, Aug. 3 and Saturday, Aug. 4 during the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life—an opportunity to raise money for the American Cancer Society while celebrating loved ones who lost their battle to cancer. The 20-hour...

On a rainy Friday afternoon in late March, Laura Dominguez-Yon gave a tour down memory lane of what is now the ghostly shell of Gilroy Hot Springs tucked away off Roop Road in the mountainous sanctuary of Henry W. Coe State Park. Full article

As part of its Building Bridges to Literacy Initiative, the San Benito County Office of Education began a new Early Literacy Certification Program on Feb. 3. The program brings early literacy classes to daycare providers and preschool teachers throughout San Benito County and is...