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Some may not associate the South Valley with the amplified music, aggressive vocals and hard beats of heavy metal music.

Identities, love stories, affairs and humor tangle together in the San Benito Stage Company’s newest theater production, which opens Friday in downtown Hollister.

The Community Food Bank of San Benito County has a new chief executive officer with Maria Lynn Thomas at the helm of the organization.

The San Benito Health Care District later this month will weigh three draft plans for new districts.

There have been no confirmed cases of measles in San Benito County since a person infected with the virus visited Costco and Walmart in Gilroy on Jan. 18.

Hollister police Saturday arrested a known gang member on suspicion of being a felon with a firearm, according to a police statement.

Some Hollister council members Monday showed interest in a concept for treating the odor-ridden industrial sewer pond that involves natural plants and bacteria instead of aerators currently used. But officials had further questions on the idea and wanted to see a cost comparison before moving forward.

Hollister Police Chief David Westrick on Monday did not rule out a woman linked to an August homicide—she returned home over the weekend—as a potential accomplice or suspect in the case.

The Hollister area’s precipitation levels since Friday ranged from 0.79 inches in southern San Benito County to nearly two inches of rain to the north of the city as of Monday morning.

Police have located Vanessa Flores-Ibarra, the missing girl from an August homicide of Ariana Zendejas, but are still pursuing the suspect in the case.