Crime

Several relatively prominent cases are in court Thursday. That is when Jorge Diaz, who accepted a plea deal in a homicide case, is scheduled for a sentencing. The Diaz sentence hearing is set for 9 a.m. Thursday in courtroom 101 at the San Benito County Courthouse.

Emergency resources personnel from San Benito County gathered Thursday morning for a four-hour workshop to discuss how sharing information with community members might play out in a serious emergency situation – including notes on the benefits and pitfalls of social media, needs of traditional media outlets and what role different agencies might have in an emergency.

The pickup truck driver pursued by authorities for more than 30 minutes Tuesday from Hollister to Gilroy escaped on foot, but the investigating sheriff’s office reported that it might have a positive identification on the suspect.

Former police chief of San Juan Bautista Lonny “Greywolf” Hurlbut died Jan. 30 in Nebraska. He was 77.

Hollister Police officers are investigating a theft of beer from Safeway that allegedly occured on Feb. 3. They received  a report of an Hispanic male entering the store at 591 Tres Pinos Road around noon. The man picked up two 18 packs of Corona beer from a display and walked toward the exit. A store employee confronted the man who continued to leave the store without paying.

An accident involving two passenger cars on Tres Pinos Road closed the eastbound lane near Gold's Gym as emergency personnel worked to assess those involved for injuries and clear the roadway.

The Hollister Police Department is looking for two suspects in a theft of alcohol that occurred on Jan. 20 at the Quickstop Store on San Felipe Road and North Street.

Feb. 5

Hollister Police officers arrested a 63-year-old San Jose man on suspicion of murder after finding him in the same home as a deceased man.