Eight volunteers make up oversight panel for school bond
San Benito High School has a new set of watchdogs in the form of eight volunteers who are participating in a newly formed Citizens’ Oversight Committee.
Hollister commits to motorcycle rally for a decade
Hollister City Council members Monday sent a roaring message to the biker community that officials plan to hold a downtown motorcycle rally for the next 10 years.
Dealer helps Toys for Tots
South County Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram is an official Toys for Tots location. Residents can donate new, unwrapped toys at either South County Chrysler Jeep Dodge on the corner of Chestnut Street and Stutz Way or at South County Ram at 500 Stutz Way in Gilroy. Donations are accepted seven days a week from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. From Nov. 28 to Dec. 6, South County CDJR will donate one toy for each car sold.
County preps Covid vaccine plans
As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to rage through San Benito County with 10 fatalities from the virus already reported this month and the daily case rate climbing higher, the Board of Supervisors at the Jan. 12 meeting spent the day discussing the local CARES...
Gilroy school district baffled over bus contract rejection
The Gilroy Unified School District is pulling out of the
Utility box art focuses on youth
Paint brush in hand, David Gutierrez makes the final touches to his latest artwork, a utility box on Tres Pinos Road in Hollister.
“This one has taken me quite a while because of the amount of subject matter,” said Gutierrez, as he reviews the...
Police: Gilroy and San Jose kidnappers allegedly plotted to force woman into prostitution
Three Gilroy residents and another two from San Jose face charges of human trafficking; abduction for prostitution; false imprisonment; kidnapping for sexual assault; as well as attempted pimping and pandering after the suspects allegedly kidnapped an 18-year-old woman at gunpoint Thursday in the area of Compton, according to a press release from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department.
Hollister police arrest attempted robbery suspect after chase
Police arrested a Gonzales man accused of attempted strong-arm robbery after a foot chase Monday in a residential neighborhood near Sunnyslope Road.













