Crime

The San Benito County Sheriff’s Office has identified the woman killed in an accident Monday afternoon on Highway 156 near Hollister.

Two former leaders of the Mexican American Community Services Agency who allegedly used employees’ retirement savings for school supplies, a salary raise, a YMCA membership, food from local supermarkets, computers, office supplies and other general operating costs turned themselves in last week on charges of felony grand theft.

Retired Hollister police Sgt. Ray Wood, who ran for San Benito County sheriff in 2010, could receive a jail sentence at a hearing Friday.

Smile, you’re on candid courthouse camera.

On April 21 at 11 a.m., 30-year-old Gilroy resident Daniel Pacheco was arrested for stealing pornography from Apatzingan Meat Market near the train station on Monterey Street.

A woman died Monday afternoon in a two-vehicle accident on Highway 156 near Hollister that involved a sport utility vehicle and a car.

A former Gilroy resident who endured a debilitating car accident in 2009 on U.S. 101 in Monterey County near the Red Barn flea market has won a $4.55 million settlement from Caltrans, the estate of the other driver and Monterey County.

A major-injury accident involving a motorcycle and car occurred around 11:30 a.m. near Hollister, and Calstar has been called to the scene, according to the California Highway Patrol.