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Artists will make coffee their medium this week when they participate in a Latte Art Throwdown in San Juan Bautista.

The San Benito County Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Bureau launched its new website over the weekend.

Supervisor Anthony Botelho mentioned at Tuesday's meeting how he walked into San Juan Bakery—not just for the baked goods, but also to see the new visitors center looks there.

City officials have scheduled a meeting with concerned neighborhood residents complaining about elevated noise coming from the century-old San Benito Foods tomato cannery. It appeared, meanwhile, that the reverberating cannery sounds heard throughout parts of downtown in recent weeks may have subsided Monday after the Free Lance raised questions to city and San Benito Foods officials.

Hollister council members Monday OK'd a contract for Bob Martin Del Campo as the next permanent fire chief. He is set to take over at the start of next month.

Hollister City Council members Monday approved a 25 percent discount on the first tier of water use for low-income senior citizens.

Hollister City Council members Monday were set to consider paying a firm to do a peer review of the roundabout design for San Juan and Graf roads and weigh distributing educational materials on use of the intersections. Council members, however, rejected the measure in a 4-1 vote.

A city councilwoman wants to inform west-side residents about some of the changes under way on that side of Hollister.

A water main break caused rerouting of traffic on San Benito Street near downtown Hollister on Monday morning. City Manager Bill Avera on Monday night said it could be another 24 to 48 hours to fix it.

Joann Berti of Pacific Grove took home the best of show award at the Downtown Street Festival & Car Show.