Crime

Former fire marshal and Capt. Mike O’Connor, who has been instrumental in talks with the county over a cooperative service contract, has been named interim chief of the Hollister Fire Department.

The Hollister Police Department will use a $79,000 grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety to help make local roads safer, authorities said.  The grant, which was announced by Hollister PD on Nov. 16, will support the department’s ongoing enforcement and education efforts “to...

The Hollister City Council recently approved the establishment of a special enforcement unit of volunteers to monitor and write citations for illegal parking in spaces reserved for disabled drivers.

Hollister police Sunday arrested a 19-year-old Hollister man and alleged the driver had been pursuing another vehicle while pointing a handgun at its occupants, according to the Hollister Police Department.

The services for former Hollister police Sgt. Andy Burgess are set for 2:30 p.m. Sept. 17 at the Masonic Hall, 380 W. Dunn Ave., in Morgan Hill, according to the Hollister Police Department.

According to San Benito Jail Commander Lt. Edward Escamilla,

A 65-year-old San Leandro man died this morning when he was

The California Highway Patrol has identified the Hollister man