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Unless Congress passes legislation with a financial package to keep it running, the federal government will shut down beginning at 12:01am Sunday, Oct. 1. Federal workers were put on notice Sept. 27 that a shutdown is imminent and millions of government employees and military...

Early in December, a driver traveling along Highway 101 near

The Chinese fast food chain Panda Express has pulled building permits to renovate the former Blockbuster Video building in the Target shopping center.

Biologists have confirmed the first California condor nest from

San Juan Bautista’s crew staffing the main fire engine there, typically parked blocks from the blaze that damaged a home on Franklin Circle last week, had been swapping equipment away from the station when it first got a call, adding to its response time, explained Interim Hollister Fire Department Chief Bill Garringer.

First permanent artwork displayed on campus

As the year winds down, I find myself in a reflective mood. Maybe it is due to hearing renditions of “Auld Lang Syne” everywhere I go. Here at Live Oak Adult Day Services, we welcomed many new seniors this year and we, sadly, have mourned the loss of others. The staff here is often asked how we cope with such loss. Basically, we focus on making each day special for the seniors here, and when they are no longer with us we know that we helped them to feel appreciated while they were part of the program. Those thoughts console us.

Sam and Shirley Lomanto recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary among family and friends at the Singletree Restaurant.

City and county leaders during last week’s intergovernmental meeting discussed sharing equipment across jurisdictions as a way to cut down on expensive road maintenance costs. “You guys have a striping truck and we don’t,” San Juan Bautista Mayor Chris Martorana told the gathering of policymakers...