Two arrested on suspicion of gun possession
During a traffic stop Aug. 2, Hollister Police arrested two men on suspicion of illegal possession of a firearm.
Fatal accident at 25 and Ridgemark
A 73-year-old Hollister man died in a Saturday afternoon traffic accident on Highway 25, according to authorities.
22-year-old man arrested for animal cruelty
Hollister police arrested a man on suspicion of animal cruelty after the suspect violently threw a puppy to the ground during a family argument, according to authorities.
Weapons standoff ends peaceably
After a standoff at a Hollister residence, police arrested three people on suspicion of firearms, drugs and child endangerment violations Friday morning, according to authorities.
City honors victims
On Aug. 1, as Gilroy residents gathered in the city’s downtown to honor those affected by July 28 mass shooting at the Gilroy Garlic Festival, Hollister citizens simultaneously held their own vigil at the 400 block of San Benito Street.
The Hollister vigil was planned...
Flavored cigarette vote fails
A split City Council rejected a proposed ordinance Aug. 5 that would have created stricter rules for tobacco retailers selling flavored products. A complete ban is being considered.
Members of the ad hoc committee that had explored options for a tobacco ordinance were Councilmembers Honor...
Gilroy Rodeo preserves Western heritage
Erik Martin, standing on his family’s 62-acre ranch on Ferguson Road, points west toward Gilroy city limits.
“On that side of 101, it’s all City of Gilroy,” he says. “There’s sidewalks on every street, nothing that’s ag. You come on this side, all these fields...
Gilroy Garlic Festival gunman took his own life, coroner rules
The gunman in the mass shooting at the Gilroy Garlic Festival took his own life during a shootout with police, the Santa Clara County coroner revealed late Friday afternoon, Aug. 2.
Dr. Michelle A. Jorden, responding to requests from the Gilroy Dispatch and other local...
Gilroy police chief names ‘hero’ officers in Garlic Festival shooting
Eric Cryar, Hugo Del Moral and Robert Basuino are the Gilroy police officers hailed as heroes for shooting and killing the gunman who murdered three people and injured more than a dozen others at the Gilroy Garlic Festival July 28.
Police Chief Scot Smithee named...
Gilroy Police Chief talks about the Garlic Festival shooting
Gilroy Police Chief Scot Smithee stopped by the Garlic Festival law enforcement tent at “Gate 3” on Miller Avenue on his way home with his family about 5:20pm July 28. He was on US 101 just south of Gilroy about 20 minutes later when...