Hollister’s Elyssa Hernandez competes for El Salvador national football team
There it was on the Fox Sports 2 international broadcast of the CONCACAF Women’s U-17 soccer tournament.
A player from El Salvador charged up and stole the ball from a Costa Rican opponent. The Costa Rican hooked her arm, held her and threw her. A...
Hollister man accused in pharmacy robberies
Police this week arrested a suspect who robbed multiple pharmacies in Morgan Hill, Gilroy and other communities by threatening violence against the drugstores’ employees, according to authorities.
One of the robberies occurred on Dec. 30, 2023, in Morgan Hill, when police responded to Rite-Aid, 16000...
Local Scene: Youth musicians, Color Guard members excel
Local musicians named to Honor Band
Hollister High School Scarlet Regiment musicians Micah Bercasio (B-flat clarinet), Avery Cua (alto saxophone), Mikayla Dorado (alto saxophone), Leeza Gatson (bass clarinet), Megan Phillips (trumpet), Jared Provencio (baritone saxophone), Eduardo Rosas (tuba) and Sonia Zambrano (tuba) were recently named...
Family offers reward for information on death of Gilroy man
A $5,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest in the 2016 death of a Gilroy man whose body was found in a Fresno County canal.
Vidal Zepeda, 39, was found dead on Feb. 22, 2016 in the California Aqueduct at West...
Former supervisor, tribal leader face off against incumbent congresswoman
Longtime congresswoman Zoe Lofgren is locked in a contentious battle with Muwekma Ohlone tribal leader Charlene Nijmeh and former San Benito County Supervisor Peter Hernandez that will be decided in November, when the two highest primary vote getters face off.
The normally routine business of...
Hollister must plan for 4,163 new homes by 2031
Housing needs and planning will ‘change the look and feel’ of city, officials says
Locals enjoy break from rain in Hollister
Mike Soto, a coach for the Hollister Heat youth baseball team, and his family took advantage of some sun and warmth between the storms this week to practice their skills on the diamond.
Soto took his grandchildren and some of their friends to Vista Hill...
Hollister girls teams red hot as playoffs begin
It may be a cold winter, but two red-clad Hollister girls teams are red-hot. The basketball and soccer squads have concluded stellar regular seasons and launched themselves into the Central Coast Section playoffs.
Coach Becky Bonner’s soccer team closed off the league season with a...
New ‘turbo roundabout’ open at Highways 25/156
All lanes are now open at the new “turbo roundabout” intersection at Highways 25 and 156 in San Benito County. The California Department of Transportation released a how-to video on Youtube—in both English and Spanish—advising travelers how to approach and navigate the new intersection,...
