Crime

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.

With rainy weather over the final shopping weekend before Christmas and more storms forecast for Christmas Day, the California Highway Patrol prepared itself for “some of the toughest challenges.”

The man who is charged with suspicion of felony hit-and-run and

Gavilan College basketball player Billy Heard - Andrel Gaines' teammate - who was driving the car when back-to-back car wrecks sent six people to the hospital, was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol at the time of the accidents, according to a toxicology report obtained Monday by the Gilroy Dispatch.