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The Hollister Police Department has officially hired Bo Leland as a new school resource officer, the department announced last week.

As most Californians know, there is only one consolidated city-county in the state, San Francisco. The other 57 counties have 481 cities and towns within their borders; San Benito County has only two, Hollister and San Juan Bautista. A good case can be made for making San Benito the second consolidated city-county in the state to improve our economic and political future and to ensure that the residents of Hollister are fairly represented at the county level.

BIRTHDAY: Patricia Hernandez: Patricia Hernandez, born Jan. 10, 1914 in Anaheim, recently celebrated her 100th birthday.

Curly is a 5-year-old American curl cat who is very loving and would make a good lap cat. He loves attention. He is available for adoption at the San Martin Animal Shelter and would love to find a forever home. Interested? Call (408) 686-3900.

Read the latest police blotter items as reported by the Hollister Police Department.

The Hollister Fire Department has announced the start of a new Career Explorer program involving teens and young adults interested in the fire service.

The trail map of Calero County Park resembles an interlocking network of loops that allows a hiker to string them together in any number of ways. Any trail you choose will, at some point, present you with the option of continuing on and circling back or starting a new loop that itself will loop 360 degrees back to the same junction. Since our next Mt. Tallac Challenge prep hike is at Calero County Park, I decided to revisit familiar trails as well as walk some new ground.

The two primary reservoirs for San Benito County residents are all but bone dry these days, but a local water district official did note that the area’s ample groundwater basin would last for years before reaching dangerously low levels.

The San Benito High School Teachers Association and the school board last week worked out an agreement to include teachers, staff members, parents and residents in the superintendent search – after the union initially accused trustees of shutting them out of the process.

Anyone driving on U.S. 101 Friday likely noticed fire trucks or other emergency services vehicles stationed on numerous highway overpasses between Gilroy and San Jose shortly after 5 p.m.