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Hollister Police will dedicate extra police to patrol for illegal fireworks on the evening of July 4, and promise that anyone caught igniting illegal...

A 27-year-old mother frantically tried to save her two small children when an errant barbecue fire quickly spread out of her control and into...

Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith would like to eliminate the carotid control hold from the sheriff’s office use-of-force policy, because there is too...

Law enforcement authorities uncovered an illegal marijuana extraction lab in a decrepit, unsafe building in downtown Hollister, according to police. No arrests have been reported...

A Los Banos man was arrested in Hollister Thursday with an illegal firearm, a stolen vehicle, burglary tools and other contraband, according to San...

The Hollister police station was transformed into Santa’s grotto on Saturday as more than 90 bikes and fitted helmets were distributed to local students....

A 34-year-old Hollister man accepted a plea deal for sexually assaulting a minor and was sentenced to 120 days in jail along with probation.

The Hollister Police Department was in the holiday spirit for a second consecutive year while hosting a massive bicycle giveaway at the local station. Last Saturday, officers donating their own time and efforts handed out more than 100 bikes to local youth whose families will especially appreciate it this season.

San Benito County prosecutors this week charged Hollister resident Shawn G. Bourdet on suspicion of felony counts alleging he caused injuries to a child in the July 4 fireworks incident on Brigantino Drive.

Hollister police had not submitted a report to the district attorney’s office in a July 4 fireworks case as of Friday, but expect to do so at some point this week, a department official has confirmed.