Crime

The former president of the San Juan Bautista Chamber of Commerce accepted a plea deal on a misdemeanor grand theft charge for suspected embezzlement from the organization, while she is eligible for work alternative and electronic monitoring to fulfill her 31-day sentence.

Calgrip grant allows more schools to implement

Friends of Lynn and Chris Shimek, the Gilroy couple who died Nov. 28 in an apparent murder-suicide, are seeking help in recovering one of the Shimek's family pets after it ran away Dec. 1 in Hollister.

Ray Wood, the retired Hollister police sergeant accused of embezzling from the city officers' union, on Thursday had a preliminary hearing scheduled for late February.

Police will be out in force for the next three weeks, looking

An attorney for the Purple Cross medical marijuana dispensary criticized the Hollister Police Department for announcing the business insignia was on a baggie of pot found at a school playground this week.

A 19-year-old San Jose man died Sunday night in a single-car wreck on Ferguson Road in Gilroy, according to the CHP.

Hollister council members and county supervisors expressed a variety of perspectives about a consultant's report recommending that the two governments do not fully consolidate law enforcement agencies despite an estimated $316,000 in savings.

Hollister police on Monday found marijuana in a baggie marked “Purple Cross” – which is the local pot dispensary – which had been recovered at an R.O. Harden Elementary School playground, according to a statement.

San Benito County supervisors received an update on the transition of 911 dispatch to Santa Cruz at a recent meeting, and some board members still had concern about coverage in rural pockets.