Crime

A van crashed into a garage and part of its home Saturday afternoon after a vehicle rear-ended it on San Benito Street, according to the Hollister Police Department.

Imagine if detectives at a modern sheriff’s office worked out of a closet, with just enough room to jam a desk in there.

While the Hollister Police Department officers have plans for a DUI and driver’s license checkpoint at an undisclosed location in within the Hollister city limits on Sept. 1, between 7 p.m. and 2:30 a.m., the California Highway Patrol in San Benito County and Gilroy will also be out at maximum enforcement for the three-day weekend.

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A motor home caught fire at Highway 156 and Lucy Brown Lane on Tuesday evening, after which its driver left the scene and did not return, according to the California Highway Patrol.

A Hollister woman was arrested in downtown Mountain View early Sunday morning on suspicion of punching another woman and then slamming her head into the ground several times, police said.

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.