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Construction is under way at the Fairview Road site of Gavilan College’s new San Benito County campus.  Delivering on current and future needs of its new students, the new campus project marks a “homecoming” for Gavilan College, which was founded in Hollister in 1919, says...

Local residents, marching bands, businesses, community organizations and youth groups celebrated and thanked San Benito County’s and the nation’s veterans at the annual Veterans Day parade in downtown Hollister Nov. 11.  Leading the early afternoon procession were the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9242 Honor...

Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital and Anthem Blue Cross this week announced they have signed a new two-year agreement for commercial and employer sponsored health insurance plans. The new contract, which will take effect Jan. 1, 2024, allows people in San Benito County who are insured...

Joe Vallejo braced himself on the deck, pulling down his hat with both hands to cover his eyes. Then the countdown started. Transmitting over the radio speakers of the U.S.S. Lipan, the crew in the airplane above counted off the last seconds.  Suddenly, everything went...

Hollister resident Juan Samarron was arrested at his home Nov. 7 in relation to a May 5 shooting in San Jose, according to authorities.  About 8:34pm May 5, San Jose Police responded to a call reporting a shooting on the 30 block of Southside Drive....

Hollister Police recovered a stolen U-Haul van after the vehicle’s illicit driver was exiting an appointment with San Benito County Probation staff, authorities said.  About 10:15am Nov. 7, a Hollister Police Department license plate reader scanned the plate of the vehicle when it was parked...

Don't call it a tripledemic—yet.  Influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and Covid-19 are circulating this fall, but not yet at the rate that worried public health agencies a year ago.  As we approach the time of winter when these diseases usually peak, around December to February,...

Seven of 106 registered sex offenders in San Benito County were found to be out of compliance with their sentencing requirements during a recent operation conducted by multiple local agencies, according to authorities.  On Oct. 30, the San Benito County Probation Department led an annual...

Commissioner floats ballot measure idea for John Smith Road facility expansion

Central California Alliance for Health (the Alliance), the Medi-Cal managed care health plan for more than 428,000 residents in Merced, Monterey and Santa Cruz counties, will soon serve the counties of Mariposa and San Benito, according to a press release.  Effective Jan. 1, 2024, the...