News

Last year, the Wildlife Education and Rehabilitation Center's Oscar, the screech owl who had been a popular educational animal at WERC since 1996, passed away on Easter Sunday. Several months later, WERC put out a notice to other wildlife rehabilitation centers that it was interested in acquiring another screech owl to join its educational animal ambassadors - non-releasable birds, mammals and reptiles that visit schools and public events to teach children and adults about our local native wildlife and habitats.

A rollover vehicle accident occurred on Union Road near the Union Heights intersection.

The Hollister Fire Department responded to a structure fire Wednesday afternoon near the intersection of Sunset and Memorial drives.

ENGAGEMENT: Apodaca/Hinderscheid: Sarah Marie Apodaca and Jeffrey Charles Hinderscheid are engaged to be married.

With the end of a Calfire contract to provide fire service to San Benito County looming in June, at least one county supervisor Tuesday pushed to move forward quickly with a contract with the City of Hollister while others asked for more of a cost/benefit analysis before making a decision.

The Hollister City Council voted 4-1 on Tuesday to decline moving ahead on a possible contract-based merger between the police department and San Benito County Sheriff's Office.

SACRAMENTO – California Gov. Jerry Brown will give his State of the State speech to the Legislature Wednesday morning, then immediately hit the road.

When Jennifer Stiers started working with the 47 minors who are currently enrolled in the juvenile work service program, she had each of them fill out a worksheet about themselves. The students range in age from 11 to 18 and have been convicted of minor misdemeanors up to felonies. They answered questions about what they love, what they fear, what they regret and what they appreciate.