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Local gang prevention coordinator notes local bullying prevention

Dec. 18

Two county employees were reported to have at least 87 days over a vacation cap implemented in April as supervisors received a six-month status report on balances Tuesday.

Five police patrol units stumbled upon an indoor marijuana growing operation this morning when officers responded to what was initially believed to be a commercial burglary at 230 Old Gilroy St.

After about a dozen years as the face and voice of the San Benito County Republican Central Committee, Marvin Jones is no longer heading up the local organization.

In November 2008, council members canceled the Hollister Motorcycle Rally for the second time in less than three years. Top officials in the deficit-straddled city decided financial security outweighed the escalating costs – primarily a $360,000 security price tag – which came with Hollister’s signature event.

Councilman Victor Gomez told fellow officials he was "in shock" when newly elected Mayor Ignacio Velazquez announced Monday he would recuse himself from any discussions or decisions regarding a potential motorcycle rally.

May your holy-days and holly-days and just plain holidays be full of love, peace, family, and fun!

Hollister council members Monday honored the victims of Friday's shooting spree at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.

Hollister Fire Chief Fred Cheshire, subject of the fire union's no-confidence vote earlier this year, is set to retire in April.