Schools

The sun still rose behind rural Southside School when parents arrived to drop off their children for the first day of school.

New San Benito High School teachers took seats on a yellow school bus last week and bumped along local roads to see the parts of Hollister and Tres Pinos that their students call home.

Hollister council members Monday are set to consider an agreement with developers who would build an "Education Center" for the Gavilan College district.

Students entering Calaveras School this fall will have the chance to slip down a slide, run across a bridge and hang from modernized monkey bars, after a new playground takes shape at the campus this week.

San Benito High School students entering certain classrooms this fall will be greeted by air conditioning and modernizations that incorporate Baler red accent colors.

San Benito High School graduate Pablo Azcona remembers the days when he sat in classrooms with windows open and fans on and how it was unbearably hot.

David J. Quiroz, the Hollister man accused in the killing of 25-year-old Heather Carroll in October 2012, pleaded no contest Monday to first-degree murder.

Friends and family are establishing a scholarship that benefits Baler graduates in memory of longtime San Benito High School Superintendent Gregory Hearn, 81, who passed away in July following a five-month battle with cancer.

Hollister Police Chief David Westrick indicated Thursday that investigators expect to finish the report next week regarding a July 27 fatal bus crash resulting in the death of an 11-year-old boy.

An audience of more than 50 people this week saw some sobering numbers for what a replacement pool could cost for San Benito High School.