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San Benito High School sophomore Santiago Hernandez shared his experience of going through life without sight on an episode of Nick News, a news segment that airs on Nicklelodeon and on its website.

Hollister police officers on Friday arrested two men and a juvenile female for possession of a loaded stolen handgun found in a vehicle at 5 p.m. According to a police statement, officers arrested Marco Mendoza, 27, and Omar Ortega-Hernandez, 20, who were both found with open alcohol containers in the vehicle. A 17-year-old female juvenile was also in the car.

The El Camino Club based in Gilroy that consists of California Highway Patrol officers and supervisors assigned to the Hollister-Gilroy office recently picked up trash on the shoulders of Airline Highway.

The Hollister School District Board of Trustees is set to considering accepting about $2,000 from the Rancho San Justo Parent Teacher Organization to reinstate a wrestling team for middle school students.

With regulations on boats and recreational vehicles scattered throughout the city code, council members are set to consider streamlining those rules at their Monday meeting.

The homeless suspect from the stabbing homicide at a Hollister cemetery in March 2011 has accepted a plea deal on a lesser charge and faces a likely sentence of six years in prison, according to court records.

The Sunday morning house fire in Hollister started in a garage converted for recreational use, the fire chief said.

Gavilan College’s communications studies program will receive the 2013 Model Communication Program Award from the Western States Communication Association Feb. 18, at a luncheon in Reno, Nev.

Police in Monterey and San Benito counties will be watching for drivers who are drunk or high on drugs on game day as part of the "Avoid the 20" campaign.

A new show at the Blak Sage Gallery features the work of 11 artists in a variety of materials. Listen to comments on the show from Jennifer Laine, the executive director of the San Benito Arts Council, while two artists show off their studio space.