Tag: candice hooper
Meet the candidates: District Attorney
The elected district attorney is the county’s top prosecutor of criminal cases in San Benito County. The DA leads an office of 17 employees,...
Convicted killer sentenced to 47 years for Zendejas murder
A Hollister man who killed local teen Ariana Zendejas in 2014 and then fled to Mexico was sentenced to prison in a San Benito...
Driver in June 20 collision charged with murder
A Hollister man accused of drunkenly running over two pedestrians, killing one, has been charged with murder, according to authorities.
Manuel Martinez Vazquez, 23, was...
Taylor appointed to sheriff’s post
San Benito County Sheriff’s Capt. Eric Taylor will become the county’s new sheriff and coroner starting June 26, and will complete the unexpired term...
Year in review: Fire and smoke in San Benito County
Fire is one of the most transformative elements in the known universe. Thus, it shouldn’t be a surprise that fire had such a wide-ranging impact on San Benito County—from criminal acts of arson that left family-owned businesses crumbled to the ground, to a late summer smoky haze that drifted over from numerous massive wildfires to the north and south.
Police, DA investigating texts to council member as harassment, homophobic...
Hollister police are investigating what Mayor Ignacio Velazquez calls a “hate crime” against a council member by prominent local lobbyist and former mayor Victor...
DA won’t prosecute Dabo
More than a year after a Superior Court judge ruled that former county school board president Mitchell Dabo had illegally transferred more than $644,000...
Guest view: State’s death penalty law creates a dilemma
On May 18, Cheryl Busch, who shot and killed her 19-month-old daughter Donna in November 2008, received a sentence of 25 years to life in prison after pleading guilty to murder. It seemed about right. In any case, the crime did not qualify for the death penalty under California law according to District Attorney Candice Hooper. As I read that senseless law, if Busch had poisoned her daughter or shot her from a motor vehicle instead, she could have been charged with capital murder. I’d bet most people never heard of some of the death penalty provisions – no one can explain them.
Video: Busch sentenced for child killing; DA reacts
Cheryl Busch on Friday was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison. Watch the sentencing and the district attorney's reaction.
