Editorials

It all starts with an interest in reading

November 27, 2002

The state is staring a massive $23.6 billion budget deficit in

Newsprint duties could hurt small newspapers

March 22, 2018

The printing press remains the symbol—despite the arrival of online news—of the Fourth Estate, of “Freedom of the Press.” That’s why for centuries one of the first acts of authoritarian rulers was to smash the printing presses of the opposition. In 21st Century democracies, the...

Plan for Castro-Breen Adobe absurd

November 24, 2002

When history runs up against the MTV generation's quest for

Truancy a door to many problems

December 11, 2002

Nearly 50 truancy cases from county school districts reached the

Community Board: Incentivize new hotels

June 22, 2017

We like the idea for reduction of impact fees on any decent hotel proposals coming the way of Hollister officials. Hollister council members earlier this month authorized deferment of impact fees on a new Marriott Hotel until the end of 2018. The deferment of impact...

When will Dabo resign?

January 31, 2018

News this week that the new state election reform law is requiring that the date of the election of San Benito County’s Board of Education trustees be moved from June to November is a mixed blessing for county voters. On the plus side, the change...

Our land

August 31, 2017

Like the rising floods ravaging parts of Texas and Louisiana, this week ended in a deluge of breaking news. San Juan Bautista City Manager Roger Grimsley, who also doubled as the small town’s city engineer, abruptly resigned Tuesday during the city council meeting after...