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Operation Freedom Paws is hosting its first annual “Paws for Honor” dinner, dance and wine event Sept. 6 at Fortino Winery at 4525 Hecker Pass.

Former county sheriff’s deputy Jason Lei, accused of embezzling from the deputies union, faces a court hearing Thursday in San Benito County.

Nearly 150 local students arrived at school this week with bags full of supplies thanks to a drive sponsored by the United Way of San Benito County.

Caltrans is once again moving forward on design and land acquisition for the Highway 156 expansion project that had been held up in litigation since 2009.

Three Gilroy residents and another two from San Jose face charges of human trafficking; abduction for prostitution; false imprisonment; kidnapping for sexual assault; as well as attempted pimping and pandering after the suspects allegedly kidnapped an 18-year-old woman at gunpoint Thursday in the area of Compton, according to a press release from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department.

On Saturday, a group of residents connected to the Hollister Community Watch Facebook page, maintained by the Hollister Police Department's Volunteers in Policing, held their first community clean-up event, according to a statement from the HPD.

With dry ground cover throughout the area and the potential of dry lightning striking down in the Bay Area, the National Weather Service has put out a “red flag warning” through Tuesday.

Graniterock hosted its fourth annual Algebra Academy from August 12-17 and announced a new website, algebraacademy.net.

Hollister police Friday made a second arrest in the stabbing homicide of a local man.

Kathy Johnson will be coming on board as the new director of the Hazel Hawkins Hospital Foundation on Sept. 3.