Crime

It looks like the party is over for Purple Cross Rx, the medical marijuana dispensary embroiled in a legal battle with the county since opening on Bolsa Road in late 2010.

Two suspected arsonists have upcoming court dates, with one facing a sentencing this week.

Police this week arrested a 15-year-old on suspicion of burglary after using the surveillance system on a home near the victim’s house to identify leads.

Hollister police and Hollister School District officials placed a local school on lockdown Thursday morning after a 48-year-old male with a felony warrant was suspected of calling Calaveras School and asking that his children be released to him.

Read the police blotter from the past week here.

Gilroy Police officers arrested a 50-year-old former Hollister middle school teacher Monday on charges of allegedly having an ongoing relationship with a minor.

Two Hollister men died Sunday in an alleged gang-related shooting at 11:30 p.m. in the 600 block of Chaparral Court.

Hollister police Wednesday reunited the owner of a pit bull with the pet dog after it had been missing for nearly 11 months, according to the Hollister Police Department.

San Benito County supervisors will again consider a consolidation of safety services, with Interim County Administrative Officer Ray Espinosa requesting proposals from both the sheriff’s department and the Hollister Police Department on what it would cost each agency to provide many of the law enforcement services in the community.

Hollister police officers arrested a juvenile suspect for an alleged hit and run collision on South and Line streets Tuesday evening.