Crime

Authorities are reporting a car struck a tree Thursday morning on Union Road west of Airline Highway.

Fire crews on Tuesday contained a wildfire to one acre in the Royal Oaks community near Aromas.

Sheriff Darren Thompson issued a statement Monday in response to the budget cuts approved by the San Benito County Supervisors during the budget hearings July 23 through July 27.

A 20-year-old Hollister man died in a solo car accident Sunday evening, according to authorities.

As San Benito County supervisors work this week to cut an additional $1.7 million from an already tight budget, they had started off the week with the intent to leave the district attorney's budget as is.

San Benito County supervisors approved a temporary due pass for the San Benito County Sheriff's Office operations budget during the second day of budget hearings Tuesday. The supervisors had originally been looking at cutting the budget by $230,000 by eliminating two deputy sheriff positions in order to balance part of a $1.7 million deficit remaining in the county budget.