Meeting Preview: SJB officials to weigh new fee schedule
The San Juan Bautista City Council on Tuesday is set to consider an update to the development impact fees and other matters.
Meeting Preview: State, city at odds over former RDA’s payment schedule
The State Department of Finance has questioned certain funding obligations scheduled by the city while acting as the redevelopment successor agency.
SBC focuses on life-saving CPR on Valentine’s Day
On Feb. 14, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., residents had a chance to learn Hands Only CPR for free at the Hollister Fire Department Station 1. The event was sponsored by the Hollister Fire Department, American Medical Response, Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital, the American Red Cross and San Benito County.
Adopt Poppy
Poppy is a 2-year-old Chihuahua mix who is sweet, relaxed and good with other dogs. He has been at the San Martin Animal Shelter since October and would love to find a forever home. If you are interested in adopting this or any other animal at the shelter, please call (408) 686-3900.
Miss California Rodeo Salinas contest opens
The California Rodeo Salinas, which runs July 18-21 at the Salinas Sports Complex, seeks candidates for Miss California Rodeo Salinas.
Sentencing delayed until March in cemetery slaying
The sentence hearing for Jorge Diaz, the local homeless man who accepted a plea deal in the slaying of Francisco Rojas at a Hollister cemetery, was delayed until March.
Video: Celebration of Pinnacles as a national park
Visitors came out in droves to celebrate Pinnacles upgrade from a national monument to a park on Feb. 11. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar visited the park from Washington, D.C. to speak on the momentous occasion. Hear from Mark Paxton, the interim executive director of the Pinnacles Partnership, and Timothy Babalis, a National Park Service, historian.
Meeting Preview: Supervisors to weigh new fee schedule
The San Benito County Board of Supervisors is scheduled to meet at 9 a.m. Tuesday. Among the items on the agenda, supervisors will weigh adjustments to the clerk's office fee schedule in an effort to increase revenue in tough financial times.
Shelter offering cats for $10 this month
The Hollister Animal Shelter is selling cats for $10 the rest of this month, as it has a group of “really nice” adult felines in need of adoption, according to the shelter manager.
