Crime

A daycare employee from Hollister who attempted to drug several children under her care was arrested on suspicion of child endangerment, police said. 

Jorge Diaz, the homeless man accused in the March 2011 homicide of 72-year-old Francisco Rojas at a Hollister cemetery, was sentenced to six years in prison and, with credits, is scheduled to serve about 28 months.

March 20

Talks of contract mergers are brewing again for area fire and police departments.

Arnaldo Mateo Hernandez – also known as Arnaldo Gomez – was set for a doctor’s evaluation Thursday on the felony charge, lewd and lascivious acts with a child under age 14. Hernandez failed to appear at the hearing – after appearing at all prior hearings – and is now a fugitive. The suspected victim's father, meanwhile, faces a battery charge after an altercation with Hernandez outside the courthouse last month.

Jorge Diaz, the homeless man accused in the March 2011 homicide of 72-year-old Francisco Rojas at a Hollister cemetery, was sentenced to six years in prison and, with credits, will serve about 28 months, according to public defender Gregory LaForge, who represented him.

A Loyalton man died in a solo-vehicle accident Saturday on Fairview Road south of Rosa Morada Road, according to the California Highway Patrol.

Jorge Diaz, the homeless man accused in the March 2011 homicide of 72-year-old Francisco Rojas at a Hollister cemetery, had his sentence hearing delayed again.

With 22 years spent in the Watsonville Police Department and many relationships built in Santa Cruz County, the San Benito County sheriff was hit especially hard when he learned about the two officers killed on duty in late February.

March 6