The Hollister Police Department, the California Highway Patrol and the San Benito County Sheriff’s Office will be concentrating enforcement of traffic laws around Hollister Schools in an effort to encourage drivers to drive safely in school zones.
Retired Hollister police Sgt. Ray Wood, who ran for San Benito County sheriff in 2010, has accepted a plea deal on a grand theft charge for embezzling tens of thousands of dollars from the city officers’ union and could spend six months in jail, according to court records.
The Hollister Police Department has released surveillance photos identifying the suspect in an attempted kidnapping last week at a downtown laundromat.
Police are looking for a man suspected of attempting to kidnap a woman while using a knife at the Granny's Wash & Dry laundromat downtown, according to Hollister police.
As Hollister and San Benito County officials consider consolidation of fire services - and leaving Calfire out of the mix - it is important to remember that the same leaders still have a police merger to weigh.