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The Hollister Goodwill store is preparing to move into the former home of Ace Hardware just across the Highway 25 bypass.

Hollister resident Mike Rovella remembers asking for the day off from his duties as a letter carrier to participate in his graduation ceremony from San Benito High School.

Del Webb and San Juan Oaks Golf Club are getting set to take their final plans before county officials in the coming weeks and potentially start construction on nearly 1,100 homes as part of a planned senior-living community in the spring.

You may have heard a strong El Niño could bring lots of rain this winter, but there’s another weather pattern in the region that might keep things dry. It’s a ridge of high-pressure air that’s created a huge patch of warm water off the coast, nicknamed “the Blob.”

Deleta McKenzie-Jones was a teenager in Bakersfield when she began working with her first dog that she described as an “out-of-control German shepherd” that a friend helped her train. Today, she owns and operates K9 Ambassador, a world-class dog-training facility in Hollister. Living mostly along the Central Coast of California for 20 years, she trained other people’s dogs, even when working in Hollister as a firefighter from 1985 to the late 90s.

Six homes were evacuated Thursday morning after a third-party contractor hit a four-inch gas line, according to a spokeswoman from Pacific Gas & Electric.

Vendors and the market manager for the Hollister Downtown Certified Farmers’ Market have noticed foot traffic tends to decline each year at the end of summer. This year, however, the event organizer acknowledged a general decrease in overall traffic as well.

It's about to get more expensive to take a shower or use the bathroom in San Juan Bautista. Mission City officials also put questions out there as to why districts such as Hollister and Sunnyslope continue to use tiered rate structures despite a recent court ruling, in San Juan Capistrano, barring the practice.

GILROY—The camaraderie in the Gavilan College gym Tuesday was undeniable. After each drill, the Rams volleyball players huddled together to acknowledge each other's accomplishments, always ending with a “Go Rams” chant before breaking. That, head coach Kevin Kramer said, is what an entire summer of bonding does for a team.

Ridgemark Golf & Country Club was officially sold last week, confirmed the club’s president and general manager, Alex Kehriotis.