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Christopher HS baseball (9-5 overall, 3-1 BVAL Mt. Hamilton)  Recent results: Won 4-1 vs. Pioneer; lost 3-2 (13 innings) at Pioneer; won 18-2 at Gilroy Upcoming games: 4pm April 16 vs. Branham; 4pm April 16 at Branham NOTES: In the victory over Pioneer, Jacob Vasquez went 2-for-3...

Tommy Sondgroth, who grew up in Hollister and maintains deep roots in the community, recently launched a smartphone application that aims to compete with the big-box behemoths of the gig economy while allowing service workers to keep more of the money they earn.  The app,...

The Dispatch took the first place award for best front page design and second place for agricultural reporting in the California Newspaper Publishers Association’s annual Better Newspaper Contest. Winners of the 2015 contest were announced this week.The winning front page design is for the Dispatch’s Dec. 11, 2015 issue, whose top headline reads “GAGE QUITS.” The award recognizes graphic designers Stephanie Woerhmann and Roger Black, along with publisher Dan Pulcrano, whose centerpiece photo of a sheep accompanies a news story on the City Council’s approval of plans to annex 721 acres of farmland north of the city for a housing development. With 10 months left in his term, former mayor Don Gage announced he was retiring from the council just before the annexation vote was taken.Dispatch reporter Roseann Hernandez Cattani took second place honors for best agricultural reporting with her Dec. 25, 2015 story about grower Jeff Martin, “Despite the drought, the county's only olive oil producer had a great year.”The Dispatch vied against newspapers in its circulation range throughout the state to win the front page and agricultural coverage awards.Sister papers the Morgan Hill Times and Hollister Free Lance also received CNPA honors, including a first place for best sports page or section (Free Lance), a second place for breaking news (Times), and second place honors for best columns, sports action photo and feature photo (Free Lance). In all, the Times earned three CNPA awards and the Free Lance earned seven.Sister paper the North Bay Bohemian took first place honors at CNPA for best writing, along with four other awards. Awards were also given to sister papers Metro Silicon Valley, Good Times Weekly and the Pacific Sun.In all, the associated papers won 21 awards from the CNPA, a trade group founded in 1888 that represents the daily, weekly, monthly and campus papers of California.

After an overachieving 2024-25 season, the NHL’s Calgary Flames and their goalkeeper, South County native Dustin Wolf, took a step back in 2025-26. As the season heads into its final week, the Flames are several steps back from the last playoff position and will...

GILROY - A 5-0 drubbing of Alisal on Wednesday night gave the