Updated: SBHS graduate killed in wreck; driver accused of DUI
A 2006 graduate of San Benito High School died in a single-car accident early Friday morning on Union Road, and the California Highway Patrol arrested the 19-year-old driver on suspicion of driving under the influence and gross vehicular manslaughter.
Senior citizens beware, phone scam circulating
A concerned senior citizen in Gilroy wants to warn others of a phone scam circulating under the guise of the Publisher’s Clearinghouse.
Preliminary hearing delayed in Sorenson homicide
A judge has delayed a preliminary hearing for a Salinas man accused of killing his mother and leaving her body in San Benito County, citing the defendant's erratic behavior and his attorney's need to review new evidence in the case.
Suspect with gun robs pot dispensary
The sheriff’s office reported that the Purple Cross Rx medical marijuana dispensary was robbed Sunday night.
Suspects in PG&E copper theft waive preliminary hearings
Two men accused of stealing copper wire from a Pacific Gas & Electric site in Hollister had their preliminary hearings waived and are both scheduled for respective trial settings in the next month.
Jacobs accepts plea deal in social networking rape cases
A Hollister man faces sentencing after pleading no contest to raping two local women after using a social networking website to lure them.
Coroner IDs victim in fatal shooting near Gilroy
The Santa Clara County Coroner's Office has released the identity of the man who was shot and killed in an unincorporated neighborhood just east of Gilroy Saturday morning.
One sent to hospital in Monday wreck
An adult male was injured seriously in a two-vehicle accident Monday morning on McCray Street near the Save Mart shopping center.
Man fatally shot near Gilroy
The Santa Clara County Sheriff's Department says a man was shot and killed in an unincorporated area just east of Gilroy Saturday morning.
Christmas homicide suspect has hearing scheduled
The Hollister man accused of a Christmas stabbing homicide is scheduled for a preliminary setting Jan. 26.
















