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When a fire recently broke out in a Dumpster next to R.O. Hardin Elementary School, Custodian Juan Rios took action.

Following the recession, the Hollister School District made drastic staffing cuts. As of this school year, though, the numbers are back to pre-recession levels.

Hollister School District Superintendent Gary McIntire asked the board Tuesday to consider expanding the Hollister Dual Language Academy from a K-6 campus to a K-8 school to meet growing enrollment numbers.

For most of us, autumn is the time of year we shake off the lazy days of summer and get down to the serious business of food. Resourceful folks are canning their autumn harvests of pumpkins, pears, persimmons and peppers. People are busily preparing days ahead for sumptuous holiday feasts to share with their families and friends.

A startup with a patent on what it calls a personal aircraft – which resembles a flying car – is moving into a building at the Hollister Municipal Airport.

Although Bolado Park Golf Club’s president told members a “miracle” is needed to stay open, agricultural district leaders who oversee the state-owned recreational spot are hopeful that golf will remain as the primary use.

The fourth annual Best of San Benito Food & Wine event was Oct. 26 at San Juan Oaks Golf Club and was a fundraiser for the Emmaus House, the local women’s shelter.

It’s not every day you ride around with a famed California wine historian and best-selling author while he runs errands. But I had the chance to sit in Charles Sullivan’s maroon Lexus (with a license plate that reads: ZINFDL) and chat with him about local wine history as we drove around Santa Clara.

Read the latest blotter items from the Hollister Police Department.

BIRTHDAY: Mary Frances Cesco: Mary Frances Cesco celebrated her 103rd birthday on Nov. 15.