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The Santa Clara County Public Health Department announced Jan. 26 two confirmed cases of a person infected with measles exposing residents locally at the Costco and Walmart stores in Gilroy on Jan. 18. An exposure was also reported the next day at Dave & Busters inside the Great Mall in Milpitas.

A Morgan Hill man died in a motorcycle accident in San Benito County early Saturday morning, according to the California Highway Patrol.

To divert skaters away from the Veterans Memorial Building and offer more places to skate, the city is moving ahead on developing “skate spots” in Hollister. They are used in other communities and are smaller versions of a skate park like the one along Memorial Drive.

Living near earthquake faults, it’s not a matter of “if” when it comes to the big one, said Kris Mangano, emergency services specialist for the County Office of Emergency Services.

A woman was killed Saturday when a pickup truck driven by a 32-year-old Hollister man struck her along Shore Road, according to the California Highway Patrol.

The city’s website is partying like it’s not 1999.

Oriana Chorale is "calling all singers" for the 2015 Spring Concerts on May 15 and May 17, according to an announcement from the organization.

The Hollister city council narrowly rejected an idea to close a section of Nash Road in front of the high school while students are in class, but the superintendent of the campus didn’t know the topic was up for a vote.

Pinnacles Partnership has received a grant to fund four binocular viewing scopes for the national park that will be ready in January and February, according to the nonprofit supporting Pinnacles National Park.

Panoche Valley Solar, which is developing the 247-megawatt solar farm in southern San Benito County, is hosting an open house to celebrate the opening of a new Hollister office. The open house is set for 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Feb. 5 at The Vault, 452 San Benito St.