Opinion

Re: Fire on the hill, Free Lance 8/11/23 “Fire on the hill,” headlines partnered with the front page photo of a firefighter pummeling a blaze gripped my attention, as I had just watched a TV news program showing that Lahaina in Hawaii had been destroyed...

The fires in Northern California have left mass devastation in its wake. At least 41 people have died and nearly 6,000 houses have been destroyed. The fires will test an already stretched housing supply in the state. According to national news reports, in the five-year...

The Koehler family would like to send out a most sincere thank you to the San Benito County Board of Supervisors for approving a generous budget to allow the District Attorney’s office to prepare for the parole hearing of Gustavo Marlow.

By Hollister Police Chief David Westrick In the wake of the horrific event in Las Vegas this week, I found a few nuggets of wisdom, truth and looked within. First off I must say, Las Vegas Metro Police Department and their public safety partners did an...

Question of the Week: Motorists in downtown Hollister continue to ignore four-way stop signs at the intersection of San Benito and Fifth Streets, even after extra stop signs were placed in the middle of the street. To prevent accidents, SHOULD the city return three-color signals...

Is it really necessary to make life more difficult for the meager amount of Hollister residents that are fortunate enough to have jobs downtown? The on-again off-again two hour parking rule and the $38.00 citations that go along with it may finally be adding a little money to our cities empty coffers but at whose cost? In these lousy economic times there is usually plenty of parking available downtown. The people that that are truly affected by the two-hour parking rule, and the ones paying most of the fees, are the people who work downtown.

Re: City council postpones affordable housing ordinance, Free Lance May 12, 2023 A decision not to decide concerning a decisive issue is difficult to understand. This makes me think that Mia Casey might prefer to be mayor of a city like Monterey rather than of...