Residents react on Facebook to child bicyclist’s death
Residents reacted on social media after a juvenile bicyclist’s death in a traffic accident Monday in Hollister.
Whole latte art pours into Vertigo Coffee
Hollister resident Evan Morris stepped up to the table with a small cup of espresso and poured milk in steady, meticulous layers while the crowd waited.
Water Matters: These are the Dog Days of Summer
Note: This is a new monthly feature provided by Shawn Novack, water conservation program manager with the Water Resources Association of San Benito County.
Vasquez: Preparing is a family affair
The recent fire in San Juan Bautista brought the issue of fire department response time to the forefront along with San Juan Bautista’s antiquated water system. Citizens taking to social media and to local news reporters were voicing their concerns about relying on the Hollister Fire Department for support due to the perceived lag in response times. Since all San Juan Bautista firefighters are employed by the Hollister Fire Department the issue of relying on the Hollister Fire Department is moot.
Stars are aligning for El Niño
The brown hills of San Benito County and the rest of the sunny state might finally get rain this winter.
Calfire reports more fires, fewer acres burned
Calfire Information Officer Jonathan Pangburn was speaking with the Free Lance on Monday afternoon about the fire season when he paused because a fire was in progress in San Juan Bautista.
Calfire responds to blaze off 101 near San Juan
A vegetation fire spanning an estimated 25 to 30 acres was burning Monday afternoon off northbound Highway 101 between Anzar Road and Highway 156, according to an information officer from Calfire.
At San Juan camp, restoration is the new ‘green’
Students from Aromas, San Juan Bautista and Hollister participated in a two-week camp this month focused on restoring the environment.
Emergency center names ‘Dispatcher of the Year’
Santa Cruz resident Joe Guerrero has been named "2014/2015 Dispatcher of the Year" for Santa Cruz and San Benito counties. The center’s board of directors plans to honor him at its Thursday meeting, according to an announcement from Santa Cruz Regional 9-1-1.
Kosmicki: Highway 25 puts the mad in madness
Idle in the main, left lane at northbound San Felipe Road and Highway 25 at the intersection of Hollister and the world early on a Monday was a battered pickup truck with a muffler louder than the San Benito Foods tomato cannery and a trailer carrying heaps of wood ready to spill like a mangled tower of Jenga blocks.
