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Usually, the San Benito County Tax Collector's Office is closed Fridays due to budget cutbacks. That won't be the case this week, however, because a crucial deadline for payments falls on that day.

San Benito County’s library staff is in line to receive a $30,000 state grant to buy needed infrastructure as the institution plans for technology upgrades.

For Measure J supporter Andy Hsia-Coron, it was somewhat “disappointing” to have an oil company drop its lawsuit seeking to kill the anti-fracking initiative approved by local voters in November.

Supervisor Jerry Muenzer likened developers’ pursuit of lower fees to the county being “raped and pillaged” at Tuesday’s board meeting.

Council members Monday unanimously approved spending up to $30,000 to hire BESST for an examination of Well No. 4 maintained by the city. Officials hope to “quantify the source” of chromium causing the supply to exceed a state standard established in July of last year.

Citadel Exploration has dropped its lawsuit against the county over the Measure J lawsuit, according to the Center for Biological Diversity.

Drivers who see dancing fruits and vegetables on the side of the road Monday afternoon don't have to pinch themselves.

A grass fire started in a field south of San Benito High School on Friday afternoon, but crews quickly controlled it.

The Hollister man and former Boy Scouts leader suspected of sexually assaulting two juvenile teenagers between 2002 and 2005 had his latest preliminary setting put off until next week.

Pintello Comedy Theater pros Jayson Stebbins and Denee Lewis Bohnsack get together to bring in playwright Jack Neary’s gentle and funny “First Night,” an amusing bit of witty theater. The two carry the production under the deft direction of Whitney Pintello.