Editorials

We've got an attitude problem on the youth soccer fields, and it

In prosperous times, it makes sense to reward dedicated employees. With a national recession, a continually tumultuous local economy and a deficit-ridden general fund budget, the Hollister City Council's decision to approve 4 percent raises – at an additional cost this fiscal year of $516,000 – was fiscally irresponsible and deflates the potential service boost from the Measure T sales tax.

Normally, we would advocate taking a very skeptical look at any

News that Hispanic members of South Valley suffer from a "digital divide" is disturbing. Consider these results from a recent poll of 600 people in Morgan Hill, Gilroy and Hollister:

Use of food stamps is soaring across the nation, and not just in

It's hard to make a case that Robert Orabuena has been treated

For being a tomato cannery, San Benito Foods is sure feeling its