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REACH San Benito Parks Foundation will host the Sixth Annual Anza Trail Moonlight Walk, starting at 5pm on Oct.5. The walk takes place along the Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail trailhead, and will be highlighted by local astronomers who will provide a...

A band with a lead singer from Hollister, a drummer from Gilroy and a bass player from Morgan Hill has broken into the Top 40 radio charts with a single entitled “After the Laughter.”

Hollister Management Services director Mike Chambless received a letter from “Jack”, an 11-year-old boy who requires the use of a mobility aid.  Chambless said that Jack has some challenges in his life that require him to use a mobility assistant device that prevents him from...

Police are looking for the driver of a dark sedan or SUV who struck a motorcyclist in a fatal hit-and-run on Highway 156 near Hollister Sunday evening, according to the California Highway Patrol. About 8:15pm Sept. 23, a man was riding a 2014 Harley Davidson...

You have just discovered that a mother raccoon has given birth to five adorable black-masked cubs in the crawl space under your house. Much as you love wild animals, you don't want them living with you, and you know raccoon feces contain a parasite that causes serious illness in humans. So you go to the nearest pet products store, buy or rent a humane trap, bait it and soon mama is corralled. You scoop up the babies, carefully load the trap and raccoons into your car and drive out to the nearest park or reservoir, where you release the raccoon family. Problem solved, right?

Ruth Marion Saunders has never shown her artwork in a commercial gallery before, but when she decided it was time to put some of her paintings up for sale she went all out. Saunders opened her own art gallery in San Juan Bautista, named the Zen Art Gallery Plus, on Third Street. She has one wall devoted to contemporary work and one wall devoted to more traditional pieces.