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December 20, 2025

Hollister’s traditional July 4 events back again

The Fourth of July is set to go off with a bang with the annual

Hollister teen Jesaiah Baer reaches Hollywood on ‘American Idol’

Hollister teenager Jesaiah Baer has advanced to the Hollywood round of "American Idol."

Water shortages and fires loom after a dry winter

The weather forecast Monday called for sunshine across California, with barely a cloud on the horizon for the next week or so. Pour yourself a nice, cool glass of water—and then think about how you’re going to start conserving it. The lack of rain and snow...

Four die in fiery crash

Four people perished in a fiery crash on Hwy. 152 Tuesday

Local politics: S-E-W-E-R

Sewer moratorium, growth key issues in city council race

Family woman, volunteer, art connoisseur dies at 83

Doris Hoyle was the wife of the longtime Free Lance

2015 in Review: Community faced adversity, tragedy

Here is a sampling of the biggest stories during the past year in San Benito County as reported by the Free Lance:

Police Blotter 5/6

MISCONDUCT: Jesse Reyna, 18, of 850 Hillcrest #89, and Orlando Perez, 20, of 850 Hillcrest #113, were arrested by Hollister police for disturbing the peace after they approached a man in a vehicle and began yelling at him to get out of the car and fight on Fourth and McCray streets around 5 p.m. Tuesday. Hollister police believe the incident to be gang-related because Reyna was wearing a red belt with the letter "N" for Norteno and Perez was wearing a red shirt and black pants.

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