Panoche solar farm on hold due to environmental issues
A 339-mega watt solar farm project to be built in Panoche Valley in southeastern San Benito County is currently on hold for most of 2014, as PV2 Energy and Duke Energy Renewables, the two companies working on the project, work to comply with state and federal environmental regulations.
Justice is served with modern touch at new courthouse
On a recent afternoon, San Benito County Superior Court Judge Steven Sanders gave the Free Lance a tour of the brand-new courthouse, slated for completion in the coming weeks.
Station 55 celebrates new owners
On Oct. 12, the community welcomed Station 55’s new owners, Shauna and Charles Davis, to downtown Gilroy. Their restaurant is located at 55 Fifth Street. They received enthusiastic support from the fire department, friends, family and the Gilroy Chamber of Commerce.
Feral cats are killing our native birds
Full disclosure: I love cats. My family had pet cats for much of my childhood. However, there are far too many feral cats - cats that were once domesticated but have returned to the wild, or ones born in the wild - out there.
Firefighters were busy Christmas Eve
Hollister firefighters responded to three fire calls in a span of an hour and 15 minutes the night of Christmas Eve, with the most serious blaze doing about $50,000 in damage to a roof and attic.
Chief calls fire to three stores ‘suspicious’
Fire Chief Mike O'Connor on Friday called the strip-mall blaze Dec. 8 suspicious but stopped short of definitively classifying it as arson.
Cannella’s updated ‘revenge porn’ bill includes ‘selfies’
Sen. Anthony Cannella is taking aim at selfies – of the pornographic variety.
Sheriff’s office gives bikes to children in time for holidays
The San Benito County Sheriff’s Office gave bicycles to local families in need on a recent Friday evening, just in time for the holiday season.
