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Hollister Police Chief David Westrick on Saturday morning reported there were no major incidents at the biker rally on opening day.

Though they didn’t look like it, the San Benito County veteran and the Montana man were brothers. Not in the traditional sense of the word since Hollister resident Vince Luna was a self-described “little Mexican kid” and his friend, Mark Hinkle, hailed from the west and was blond and blue-eyed.

Police Chief David Westrick has a simple goal heading into the Hollister Freedom Rally, the first major motorcycle event since the deadly Waco, Texas shootings in May involving rival biker clubs.

Hollister’s motorcycle rally is a boon for some downtown businesses, but it helps others outside the event area as well. Places such as Dunneville Café & Market, about six miles outside the downtown area, get a big boost, too.

San Benito High School added fencing to the front of the campus so it can shutter its doors after classes end to keep out nighttime troublemakers.

A new name, a return of late-night headliner entertainment and tattoo contests are all in the works after a Las Vegas-based company took control of Hollister’s motorcycle rally this year.

Assemblymember Luis Alejo is seeking nominees for the 2015 California Peace Awards.

In preparation for the Hollister Freedom Rally, the California Highway Patrol is launching a motorcycle safety campaign during this year’s Independence Day weekend.

Motorcycle riders visiting Hollister during the Independence Day weekend are here for an experience and are willing to pay for it, said Ignacio Velazquez, the city’s mayor.

A 40-acre wildfire that sparked Tuesday afternoon in a canyon just south of the U.S. 101 and Highway 25 interchange sent smoke billowing throughout the Garlic Capital.