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San Benito County residents looking for the sweet taste of summer in the form of tangy cherries, sweet strawberries and organic chicken need look no further than their own downtown.

The Downtown Hollister Certified Farmers' Market is every Wednesday from 3 p.m.-7:30 p.m. from today through Sept. 30.

The Hollister School District and its teachers reached an agreement that gives instructors a raise and increases contributions to their health and welfare benefits, and significantly lowers the district reserve.

Even though they signed it in closing documents on their properties, about 60 percent of private owners living right near utility gas lines don’t even know it.

By adding two people, the Hollister School District has tripled the size of its citizens’ oversight committee stipulated in the text of the general obligation facilities bond passed by voters in November.

Hollister police and other authorities Monday recovered guns and ammunition in a local raid and are now pursuing a wanted suspect, according to police.

The mayor Tuesday said the city is adding language to the draft ordinance proposing to charge fees for some fire department responses that would narrowly define the negligence factor used to determine when someone is billed.

Retiring Hollister City Clerk Geri Johnson will serve as grand marshal for the Saddle Horse Parade next month.

Hollister council members Monday put off moving forward on a previously approved ordinance creating new fire-response fees due to proposed changes in the language.

A local assemblyman's bill aiming to ban the use of the "Redskins" mascot in California's public schools passed the Assembly floor Monday, according to his office.