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Dogs are always overjoyed when an absent family member returns. The greeting can look the same whether the time apart is five minutes or five days. Talk about living in the present. Maybe that's a lesson we could learn from our pets. My dogs always run up and take a good sniff to see where we have been. I always imagine they're taking in the scents of our recent excursions. Did we go for a walk on the levee without them? To a friend's house?

Hollister School District officials Tuesday showed broad support for the idea of gradually expanding enrollment capacity at the popular Dual Language Academy.

This past Saturday, local members of 4-H and other residents volunteered to be “responsible” by helping paint fencing for the Dreamor Ranch Foundation, a San Juan Bautista-based organization that helps at-risk minors and regular kids enjoy horse riding.

There is a slight chance of rain tonight and tomorrow in the Hollister area, according to the National Weather Service.

Sheriff’s deputies last week arrested a pair of brothers and another man on suspicion of possessing stolen property, after authorities had been called to a residence on an assault report.

State Sen. Anthony Cannella is scheduled to host a town hall meeting this week on the region's drought conditions.

Read the latest blotter items provided by the Hollister Police Department.

Police recently arrested two residents after connecting them to a beer theft at a Quik Stop Market.

A fire Friday night destroyed the Ridgemark Realty building that also housed a valuable collection of antiques.

Building permits issued for single-family and multifamily homes this year are up from 2013 so far and are expected to be at a peak since 2011.