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April 25, 2026

Updated: Identities released of Park Hill homicide suspects

Police in the past two days have arrested six suspects in connection with the January 2011 beating homicide of a 39-year-old Hollister man on Park Hill and have alleged it was retaliation against the victim for being a witness to another crime.

Trial date moved for suspects in 2010 homicide, chase

Two suspects accused of robbing two Hollister stores on San Juan Road in April 2010 – and leading police on a chase through Salinas before ending in a crash that killed a fourth accused assailant – had their scheduled jury trials moved from March to June, according to court records.

Coroner releases cause of death in Fairview Road fatality

The 20-year-old victim in a Jan. 28 fatal accident and fire on Fairview Road died of blunt-force trauma, a spokesman for the sheriff’s office said Thursday.

CHP probe into Union Road fatality not yet finished

The California Highway Patrol’s investigation into a Jan. 13 fatal car wreck on Union Road is not finished, according to an agency spokesman.

Fire damages bakery on Hollister’s west side

A fire reported around midnight damaged Superior Bakery on San Juan Road and resulted in smoke spreading to neighboring businesses in the west-side shopping center.

‘Shovel burglar’ sentenced to 22 years

A man who used a shovel to pry open doors in a string of burglaries in Santa Cruz, Monterey and San Benito counties was sentenced Friday to 22 years in state prison, a Monterey County Judge ruled.

Updated: Accident victim was a 2009 SBHS graduate

A 2009 graduate of San Benito High School died in a solo-vehicle accident Saturday night just outside Hollister.

Driver killed in solo-vehicle wreck on Fairview Road

The driver died in a solo-vehicle accident Saturday night just outside Hollister, according to Calfire.

PG&E copper-theft suspect has trial set for late February

One of two suspects in the suspected Christmas theft of copper wire from a Hollister Pacific Gas & Electric facility has a jury trial scheduled for late February.

Hollister man accused of 3 beer burglaries

Police are alleging a local man got in the habit of snatching beer from area stores.

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