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December 5, 2025

Calendar: Car show, Rib Cook-off to spice up San Juan

The Great San Juan Bautista Rib Cook-Off is scheduled for May 21 and May 22 in the Mission City. It will include ribs, entertainment, and arts and crafts. The rib cook-off involves a competition involving rib cooks from all over the region and is hosted by Williams LTD.

David Huboi draws on life, latest endeavor as TV host

Longtime Hollister resident David Huboi has a number of titles, both official and unofficial. Chairman of the City of Hollister Planning Commission. Member of the Board of Directors of the San Benito County Chamber of Commerce. Chairman of the Green Business Committee.

Kosmicki: Create new public square on San Benito

Still depressed about the Hollister council’s decision to sell the city’s most prized public square for another condo development and a rooftop for sipping wine? There’s a way to get over it.

Calfire to require burn permits

San Benito County residents planning to burn branches or leaves in areas under the jurisdiction of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection will need a permit to do so, starting this month.

Free Lance wins 7 awards in state newspaper contest

The Free Lance won a total of seven awards in the 2015 California Newspaper Publishers Association Better Newspapers Contest.

San Juan residents on mission for state lot access

Some Mission City residents are on a mission: To gain control of a central downtown plot owned by the state and often off limits for the public.

San Benito County makes nationwide list for clean air

San Benito County has a clean résumé when it comes to air quality.

Water Matters: Agencies address chromium standards

The City of Hollister and the Sunnyslope County Water District are continuing to implement the approved approach to comply with California’s new limits on the regulated compound Chromium-VI (Hexavelent Chromium) that is naturally occurring in our drinking water.

Kosmicki: Craving more restaurants in Hollister

A certain craving usually hits every couple weeks, normally in the late afternoon after the 78th or so time passing a certain restaurant’s sign since my last gorging.

Arts council escapade lets locals tour the imagination

Hollister Resident Harry Tapley didn’t need a sign to know painting would become his profession.

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