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California might be leaving one drought behind, but there’s another affecting San Benito County: labor shortage in agriculture. San Benito County Farm Bureau Board Member Richard Bianchi said the region has experienced a labor shortage for the last five to eight years. “The cause is most...

According to sources close to the sheriff's department and the district attorney's office, those agencies plan to lobby the San Benito County Board of Supervisors at Tuesday's 9:30 a.m. public meeting for funding resources to eradicate allegedly illegal medical cannabis growing operations within the...

The Green Business Committee of the San Benito County Chamber of Commerce was assembled in 2009 to promote technologies, business practices and policies that encourage the efficient use of natural resources. As the Committee’s mission statement says, “The Green Business Committee was formed to...

Dee Hone, a former San Benito County philanthropist who won chamber of commerce woman of the year in January 2003, passed away recently. The following is her obituary as published in the Free Lance: Beloved Dolores Dee Hone passed away at 86 years old on March 10, 2017 at her...

An accident at the John Smith Landfill on Thursday morning resulted in the death of an employee with the contracted operator, a county supervisor confirmed. The man killed Thursday was Alfredo P. Cannella, 65, according to Capt. Eric Taylor with the San Benito County Coroner's...

As June approaches the Chamber of Commerce wanted the public to know that they will no longer be hosting the Annual Saddle Horse Show Parade, typically held the Thursday night before the Rodeo. According to Juli Vieira, Chamber CEO,” the board of directors voted...

The new teen dinner theater production from Limelight Productions is "Death of a Hot Sauce Salesman" and it premieres Friday at Paine's Restaurant in Hollister. The show runs Friday and Saturday nights on March 10, March 11, March 17 and March 18 and then at...

Rain passed through the region this weekend, but didn’t devastate homes and roads like in months prior. Recent rainfall and flooding over the last couple months caused San Benito County to declare a local emergency for flooding in the areas around Lovers Lane, as well...

The family affected by a Prescott Road fire Friday has a donation fund set up to help recover losses. Authorities responded to the structure fire at 40 Prescott Road near San Juan Bautista before 9 a.m. Friday. "County fire is working a structure fire at 40...