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A local video about the Hollister Urban Area Water Project has won a first-place award in a Bay Area contest's community access TV category, according to an announcement from the Water Resources Association of San Benito County.

Accidents can happen at any moment, and sometimes the people involved in falls or car crashes aren’t able to talk to responding emergency personnel. But if emergency contacts are previously listed and easily accessible, cell phones can do all the talking for the victims.

Aspiring film, television, journalism and social media college students have the chance to earn cash for playing a role in changing the way people view mental health.

The suspect in Friday's encounter with sheriff's deputies – which led to a nearby school being locked down – is a lecturer with the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey.

The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority is seeking funding for a $479 million improvement project of U.S. 101 between Gilroy and Hollister.

Police on Friday morning arrested three Hollister men and accused them of firearm and drug charges, according to the Hollister Police Department.

Ken Duran, who served two council terms and two tenures as Hollister mayor, has died. He was 85 years old.

Friends and family of the former Hollister police sergeant injured in a motorcycle vs. vehicle accident Jan. 6 have set up a public fundraising campaign to help pay for the rising medical costs of Andrew Burgess, 59, of Gilroy.

Hollister council members this week OK’d Interim Fire Chief Mike O’Connor as the full-time fire chief. O’Connor assumed the interim post in April and has overseen the transition of county fire services from Calfire to the Hollister Fire Department.

Late civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. had many friends and admirers at the MLK Breakfast at the San Juan Oaks Golf Club, organized by Gilroy-based Bethany Community Church.