Schools

Local government leaders from Hollister and San Benito County received an update last week on a future Hollister School District site to be built near the Santana Ranch housing development. Hollister School District Director of Facilities John Teliha said the district expects to request proposals...

Friday night’s contest against North Salinas—a 60-30 San Benito High win—was the last regular-season football game at Andy Hardin Stadium—and possibly ever—if the Haybalers don’t end up hosting a playoff game this season. The stadium will still host soccer events this winter, along with track...

Congressman Jimmy Panetta fielded questions Monday from students at Hollister’s Seventh-Day Adventist Christian School on topics that included education, the death penalty, the legislative process and local agriculture. “I believe that your teachers are fundamental to your education,” Panetta told students. “To me, they are...

It starts with a parade through town. Slow-moving cars filled with exuberant teenagers wave to friends and family as they make their way along Hollister streets. School spirit is on full display. Then, the following day, is the big football game—the Homecoming matchup between...

Youth Alliance is participating in the Dignity in Schools National Week of Action in partnership with San Benito High School. The Week of Action goes from October 23 to October 28 and provides students, administrators and the community with the opportunity to have a dialogue...

The Gavilan Joint Community College District Board of Trustees is considering placing a $248 million bond measure on the November 2018 ballot. A recent survey found a sample of district residents, from Hollister to south San Jose, were in support of the measure, which would...

Former San Benito High School Superintendent John Perales was sentenced to two years of court probation earlier this month for brandishing a gun at a person in a car parked outside his Gilroy house in October 2016. He also received 20 days of jail that...

It is true, kindness doesn’t cost a thing. But the joy it can give to others is completely priceless. A smile to a stranger, a walker waving to passersby while taking his morning stroll, giving free cookies to a customer—these kind acts of are common occurrences...

A proposed public aquatic center in Hollister will not proceed as planned because the proposed site at San Benito High School is in an earthquake zone. “Unfortunately since late last week, the geologic report came back and the no-build zone for the earthquake fault...

The band Survivor may have performed the 80s hit, “Eye of the Tiger,” but as the uplifting song played in the gymnasium of Sacred Heart Parish School on Friday morning, there was only one survivor that guests eagerly awaited. Bryan Stow spent nine months in...