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At the Hollister City Council meeting early this month, council members approved plans for a cannabis testing lab, High Sierra Analytics, that is expected to draw business from cultivators and manufacturers from multiple counties. Owners expect demand for lab services to be high, because the...

The San Benito County Saddle Horse Show & Rodeo is set for June 23-25, 2017 at Bolado Park. Check out the full schedule of events below or go to SanBenitoCountyRodeo.com for more. 2017 Schedule of Events                                                         FRIDAY, JUNE 23rd, ELIMINATIONS -8:00 a.m.: Track & Arena -followed by Reined...

When 14-year-old Adam Shapiro of Pacific Grove came to Hollister recently, his goal was to fly where raptors hang out as they glide effortlessly above the rolling hills around the town known more for bikers than pilots—and to do it solo.

Our California hills prefer to roll along, rising and falling in gentle gradients. There are few trails etched high into steep slopes where a misstep is costly, or where one dreams of tilting forward and taking flight. Not many, but there are a few. 

Ten years ago, Al Guerra and his son, Jason, were having a conversation as they overlooked one of the picturesque vista points at the family’s Pepper Tree Ranch. The talk centered on the possibility of one day holding concerts at their ranch.

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.

The weekend’s 79th annual San Benito County Saddle Horse Show and Rodeo, which kicks off Thursday with the rodeo parade in downtown Hollister, will be a mix of tradition and new this year.

Visitors to the San Benito County Historical Park this weekend will have a chance to step back in time to the Civil War era at the annual Civil War Days on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.