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The San Benito River meanders under Highway 156 along the western boundary of Hollister, past the city’s waste treatment facility, through farmland and along expanding neighborhoods on its way to connect with the Pajaro River near US 101. Upstream and downstream from Hollister, blackbirds, meadowlarks,...

A draft environmental impact report for Z-Best Products’ proposed expansion of its composting facility on Highway 25 at the Santa Clara/San Benito County line is expected to be complete in January. Victor Gomez of Pinnacle Strategy, who represents the composting company, spoke to the San...

The Gilroy Premium Outlets last week were busy preparing for the swarms of people who come from all over the world in the hopes of finding a deal before and during Black Friday, Nov. 29. According to outlets spokesperson Shannon Steffen, a majority of the...

Members of Pound 4 Pound Sports Fitness in downtown Gilroy, with signs in hand and no shortage of enthusiasm, were drawing in Monterey Street travelers with an enticing deal on Nov. 25: a free turkey for Thanksgiving. Multiple world champion boxer Robert Guerrero, who trains...

A new animal shelter campus under construction in San Martin reached a major milestone Nov. 22, when crews placed the structure’s final steel beam. Santa Clara County officials held a “topping off” ceremony to mark the occasion. The new animal shelter campus is being constructed at...

The Gilroy City Council recommended a scenario Nov. 18 that could add more than 7,000 housing units over the next 20 years. The preferred land use alternative, as it is called, will be studied in the 2040 General Plan environmental impact report. The general plan...

The City of Gilroy will not pursue a public safety sales tax measure for the 2020 election, the council unanimously decided Nov. 18. Two pollings of Gilroy voters in April and October found mixed support for a quarter-cent sales tax measure, according to a report...

The City of Gilroy issued a fraud alert to water customers who deposited their payment checks in a utility bill dropbox outside City Hall before someone broke into it this week. The city’s utility bill dropbox, located between the parking lots in front of Gilroy...

Brett Miller, Hollister’s assistant city manager and manager of administrative services, is acting city manager. Miller’s appointment Friday afternoon, Nov. 15, was one of the last acts of Bill Avera on his last day on the job before his retirement as city manager. One day earlier,...

The City of Gilroy, in an attempt to attract candidates for vacant top administrator positions, will finance home purchases for a select few. The Gilroy City Council approved the program Oct. 21 in a 5-2 vote, but not without some strong objections from councilmembers Marie...