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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.

Hollister City Council members Monday are set to consider sending a message to the biker community that officials plan to hold a downtown motorcycle rally for the next 10 years, while city leaders also will weigh starting talks with the Hollister Downtown Association to oversee the event.

HONORS: Raul Mancera: Cadet Raul Mancera, Alpha Co., 9th Reg. from Campbell University (9th Reg. Honor Graduate), graduated from the 2013 Leader Development and Assessment Course at Watkins Field on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.

On Aug. 13, Gov. Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 130, authored by Assemblymember Luis Alejo (D-Salinas).

Garden Railroad Tour: Garden railroaders in the South Santa Clara Valley and Santa Cruz areas will open their homes from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Visitors are asked to bring a donation of nonperishable food (or cash, checks or gift cards for Nob Hill or Safeway) when they pick up a guide book. Details: (408) 683-4537.

A deputy district attorney said he expects the office to make a formal charging decision Friday relating to accusations a 17-year-old Morgan Hill resident stabbed a Hollister man to death.

Ricardo Ramos spent part of last week on location filming a short film he is hoping will be making the festival circuit in the coming months. Ramos, who attended Rancho San Justo Middle School and graduated from San Benito High School in 1999, said he took a circuitous route to becoming the director of the short film.