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A 13-year-old who attends Rancho San Justo Middle School is vying to compete in the Miss Jr. Teen San Jose/Oakland competition later this month and needs sponsor money to get there.

Mickie Solorio Luna looks to be pulling out the race to become the next District 2 council member in Hollister, according to unofficial results released Friday afternoon.

In response to voters’ passage of Measure J on Tuesday, Citadel Exploration has filed a document with federal regulators indicating the oil exploration company intends to pursue legal options in an attempt to move ahead on plans for steaming extraction in the Bitterwater area.

Members of the Amah Mutsun tribe will be identifying and quantifying food, medicine and basketry plants as part of a research initiative with Japanese and University of California, Berkeley partners.

With more voting results expected at 5 p.m. Friday, incumbent Supervisor Jerry Muenzer held a lead over challenger Victor Gomez in the race for the District 4 county board seat after early results released Tuesday.

Newcomer Karson Klauer is headed toward victory over two-term former Councilman Robert Scattini in the race for the open District 3 seat after early election results released Tuesday.

Gavilan College officials unveiled its new Veterans’ Resource Center on the Gilroy campus, located at 5055 Santa Teresa Blvd., during a grand opening ceremony Nov. 4.

One of the first priorities for local veterans groups when they took over management of the Veterans Memorial Building in downtown Hollister was to survey a long list of necessary repair projects.

At San Benito High School, students say they bleed the school colors, Baler red, but lately they’ve been gushing green.

“Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in where nature may heal and cheer and give strength to the body and soul.”—John Muir