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The nature of work is changing and as businesses struggle to fill job openings, local biotech company Teknova has taken a proactive approach and teamed up with Gavilan College to offer its workforce a way to expand their skills and meet increasing industry demands....

Gavilan College officially announced its self-imposed sanctions stemming from accusations of recruiting and benefits violations against the football team that saw 17 players dismissed in August. The football program will be on probation for three years and will be barred from postseason play for two...

With nearly 5,600 students and more than 560 members of staff, the Hollister School District is no shrinking violet and neither is its top administrator, Superintendent Lisa Andrews. In this interview, Andrews looks back at the district’s major achievements including a series of facility upgrades...

Students returned to downtown Hollister as classes resumed at the Briggs Building Monday. Nearly 1,200 students attended Gavilan College classes at the Hollister site. “We serve Tres Pinos, Paicines, San Juan Bautista and Hollister,” said Judy Rodriguez, director of the downtown center. “It’s very important...

San Benito County residents gathered Saturday over coffee and cookies to get the scoop on Gavilan College. Dr. Kathleen Rose, college president and superintendent, presided over the informal gathering at Mars Hill Coffeeshop. Of particular concern to the locals in attendance was the continued lack...

Incoming freshman are not the only new addition to San Benito High School this fall. Thanks to funding from a school bond measure that passed in 2014 and quick work done by construction crews this summer, the high school campus that enrolls up to...

The first day of school just got a lot brighter for thousands of local students. On Saturday, Stuff the Bus, a project from the United Way of San Benito County, distributed backpacks filled with school supplies to students in need. “It’s so our kids...

As the sun swelters over San Benito County this summer, residents are left without a local community pool to help beat the heat. Instead of cycling or walking to a public pool in the city, Hollister residents must get in their car, hit the highway...

Congressman Jimmy Panetta announced last week that five San Benito County schools have been awarded more than one million dollars in federal grants for the upcoming school year. Schools include the Aromas-San Juan Unified School District, the Hollister Elementary School District, the North County Joint...

Santana Rodriguez is convinced she was named after renowned musician Carlos Santana, the critically acclaimed 10-time Grammy Award winner who is known for his brilliance with the guitar. “My dad (Rudy) always told me when I was younger I used to watch a soap opera,...