Crime

Authorities said they will not file charges against a person who hung a flag depicting a Nazi swastika on the Burnett Avenue overpass in Morgan Hill.  Santa Clara County Supervising Deputy District Attorney Michel Amaral said the DA’s office has concluded an investigation into the...

Police arrested two Gilroy men this week who are accused of taking part in a gang-related assault in the city’s downtown more than a year ago.  In December 2023, three victims were violently attacked by a group of males in what investigators determined was a...

A Morgan Hill man has been charged with a hate crime in relation to a March 7 incident where the suspect targeted South County residents who were leaving a Muslim prayer service, according to authorities.  The Morgan Hill Police Department announced this week that the...

Hollister Police arrested a motorist with a car full of illegal controlled substances after an officer smelled marijuana during a traffic stop, according to authorities.  About 4:25pm March 28, a Hollister Police officer pulled over a vehicle at the intersection of Hillcrest Road and Pinnacles...

The names of the two men whose bodies were found in a pickup truck in the Santa Cruz Mountains a week ago were released Tuesday by the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner’s Office. The identities of the victims, previously identified by family members, are Colter...

Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital was recently targeted by an information security hoax in which the perpetrator demanded a ransom payment, hospital officials said in a statement.  The Hollister hospital received correspondence from a suspect or suspects suggesting that an outside party had gained access to...

Hollister Animal Care authorities are asking the public for help identifying two people who recently abandoned rabbits outside the local animal shelter, police said.  At about 6:49pm March 9, Hollister Animal Control officers located two rabbits in a cage that had been left in front...

Hollister Police last week arrested a suspect, now age 17, in the 2023 shooting murder of local resident Jacob Arballo, authorities said.  Police said the 17-year-old juvenile suspect was arrested by Hollister detectives on Feb. 6. The suspect was booked at the San Benito County...

Police arrested one of three suspects involved in the Jan. 25 shooting of a victim of an auto burglary in Hollister, authorities said.  Travis Rik Duarte, 22, of Hollister, surrendered to Hollister Police on Jan. 27 for his involvement in the shooting on Meridian Street,...

Amid fears and recent reports of federal immigration authorities targeting undocumented immigrants in local communities, law enforcement leaders and public officials throughout the South Valley have attempted to reassure their communities that residents are safe from local action.  Sheriffs throughout California have pledged to support...