Hollister SD will keep campuses shut down
The Hollister School District will continue teaching students via distance learning after the school board took action this week to extend campus closures until the end of the year.
The board voted 4-1 in a special meeting on Oct. 13 on a recommendation made by...
De Anza Trail car burglary suspect arrested at Santa Cruz jail
The San Benito County Sheriff’s office arrested a suspect who has allegedly burglarized multiple cars this year at the De Anza Trail parking area just outside San Juan Bautista, according to authorities.
Farmworkers, food service employees start to receive vaccines in San Benito
The first set of remote Covid-19 vaccine clinics for food and agricultural sector workers was a big success in San Benito County, bringing in approximately 250 people to get their first shots.
The county’s public health department and Safeway Pharmacy along with the Grower-Shipper Association...
Threatened trout return to San Benito River
After 75 years of abuse and countless tons of garbage dumped into it, all it took was 18 months of work from dedicated volunteers to get the San Benito River on the road to recovery.
Just a few weeks ago, a discovery was made in...
Police investigating fires that damaged 10 buildings in Hollister
Local, state and federal police and fire officials are investigating more than a dozen overnight incidents of vandalism and suspicious fires that resulted in damages to at least 10 downtown Hollister businesses—two of which were a total loss—and numerous vehicles.
Voters to decide on Strada Verde plan
San Benito County voters will decide in November if a plan for a major development should move forward.
The county supervisors voted unanimously July 21 to place the Strada Verde Innovation Park project on the Nov. 3 ballot.
According to the campaign committee in support of...
Transportation agency reverts to county model over AMBAG outlook
The Council of San Benito Governments voted 3-2 on Thursday to shutter use of the Association of Monterey Bay Area Government’s regional transportation model in favor of the county’s own model.
Shawn Herrera: County Board of Education Candidate
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