Crime

Several Hollister gossip-based Facebook pages have cropped up, concerning parents enough to get in contact with police and attempt to have them removed.

Officers from the Hollister Police Department will be conducting a DUI and driver’s license checkpoint on Sept. 1 at an undisclosed location within the city limits between the hours of 7p.m. and 2:30 a.m.

Authorities on Saturday transported a truck driver to a hospital by helicopter after a collision between two semi-trucks at the intersection of Highway 156 and Lucy Brown Lane.

Hollister Police officers responded to a report of a suspicious subject at Hillcrest Mini Storage, on Industrial Drive Aug. 22. Police arrested David Arenas, 30, on charges of possession of a sawed-off Shotgun and other drug charges.

With funding levels at all-time lows engaging the community to prevent fires from starting in the first place is more important than ever, area fire officials say.

Registered sex offender and health care district board member Ernest Rivas has declared candidacy for the November ballot in an attempt to gain reelection two years after admitting to a charge that he had sexual contact with a 16-year-old girl.

More than a week after a small dog named “River” was rescued by a Gilroy man from Uvas Creek with a brick tied to its hind legs, the Gilroy Police Department and Humane Society of the Central Coast – which recently roused concerns from Hollister police as well – and are at odds about how and when the little dog should be adopted.

On Aug. 16, Hollister Police officers responded to Evelyns Drive on a call of a man allegedly making terrorist threats seen outside the victim’s home. Police arrived and contacted Anthony Fink, 18. He was found in possession of a loaded firearm and arrested on numerous felony charges. Fink was booked into the San Benito County Jail on violations of possessing a loaded firearm with the intent to commit a felony, carrying a concealed loaded firearm, carrying a loaded firearm in a public place and making terrorist threats.

One of the most well-known snouts around the San Benito County Sheriff's Office received a commendation upon retirement from the San Benito County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday.