Editorials

Thumbs up: To the "Wings of Freedom" tour that brought an authentic World War II B-17 Flying Fortress and a B-24 Liberator to the Hollister Municipal Airport this week. Residents were able to hop in the cockpits, target the machine guns and inspect the equipment that the World War II generation used to beat back the Nazi threat. That generation, which did so much for our country and the world, is fading quickly into the history books, and the planes were a fitting tribute to their achievements during Veterans Memorial Month.

There were cheers last week about the record or near-record turnout levels in the midterm elections in California, and across the U.S. While the numbers were relatively high—approaching 60 percent in some California counties— they were properly qualified by adjectives such as “midterm,” “off-year”...

It's difficult to overstate the importance of improving the

Another year, another debate over the future of the Hollister

Although there were a few glitches along the way with the county’s transition to using Santa Cruz 9-1-1 for dispatch services, there is no reason for alarm.

Lately I've been wondering what happened to all the meaningful

The following events, organizations and people deserve either a