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December 22, 2025

Fatal accidents are not ‘the norm’ at San Benito

For starters, I must pay my respects to Matt Lopez and P.J.

Editorial: State lacks logical practices for lion population

The necessary kill of a mountain lion in Aromas once again

Sprinkler Ordinance Should Be Adopted

A proposed ordinance that would require fire sprinkler systems

A decision that puts kids on the losing end

This is in response to Monday's article in the Free Lance about

Cheers for World War II planes and vets; jeers to expensive gas

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.

Letters to the editors

An encore in bigotry

Why the Expensive Gas?

Have you noticed that Hollister has the highest gas prices in

Bribe allegation lacks weight for investigation

Recent court testimony from developer Richard Ferreira included

Water Cooler: Do you support reviving a sanctioned biker rally?

Richard Place: “I would like to see another motorcycle rally happen here. The biggest problem, of course, is being able to handle the law enforcement for the event. I don’t believe we need the over enforcement that we had during the last few events but with both our departments short handed from budget cuts, it would certainly be a problem just to plan and run the event. If we can go back to the old plan of putting all the bikes on San Benito Street and the vendors on the side street it would be more appealing to the public and better for crowd control. Maybe we can sell the old tee shirts to pay for the extra officers.”

Guest View: Hate for Hate’s Sake

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...

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