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While the amount of donations to the Community Food Bank of San Benito County took a dip during the economic downturn, giving has picked up this year, said Mary Anne Hughes, executive director of the organization.

It’s the holidays and for most of us that means food. Weird food. Oh, fine, turkey, ham, even green bean casserole aren’t that weird. But there are some things we consume around the holidays that frankly make me question the taste buds of people in the South Valley and all over America.

I'm sure most of us are familiar with them: men, women, even children, neatly dressed, often carrying a briefcase or satchel full of literature. They ring doorbells and politely offer to share the Word of God with the residents who answer.

San Benito County's unemployment rate increased with the onset of winter months, while it remains significantly lower than the same period last year.

The San Benito County Office of Emergency Services and Hollister Fire Department are sponsoring a Community Emergency Response Team Citizens' Academy for the area.

Here at the height of the Christmas season, we’ve kicked it into overdrive. Since Thanksgiving, we’ve been decorating and organizing, gift-finding and wrapping, crafting and baking. House lights are up, stockings are hung, Christmas trees sparkle with magic, as if delivered by Santa himself. In the background we envision an appropriate accompaniment to our colossal efforts: the Boston Pops Orchestra’s playing of the “Hallelujah Chorus.”

Isaiah Ortiz was 6 months old when he suffered his first seizure.

Of all the superlatives Hartnell College women’s soccer coach Ivan Guerrero had for her sophomore defender, Victoria Perez, two remarks stood out.

When Tres Pinos cattle rancher Allan Renz goes riding into the pasture to check his herd, it’s warmer than usual. Recent rains saturate the earth. There’s grass growing.

The Hollister Downtown Association is moving to a new office.