Crime

Hollister Police received hundreds of calls over the Fourth of July period, including scores of reports of illegal fireworks that resulted in dozens of citations, authorities said. The use of illegal fireworks in Hollister in recent days has also resulted in fires, property damage and,...

The number of reported hate crimes in California decreased slightly from 2022 to 2023, but those against Jewish, Muslim and LGBTQ+ people rose over the same period, according to the annual hate crime report from California Attorney General Rob Bonta.  The number of hate crimes...

The Hollister Police Department, along with agents of the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, cited a clerk at a local business for selling alcohol to minors on June 18, authorities said.  The citation was the result of a “minor decoy” operation in which minors...

Hollister Police detectives last week arrested a suspect in which a juvenile victim was shot in the shoulder near Third and Sally streets, police said.  About 6:43pm June 6, Hollister Police officers responded to the area of Third and Sally streets on reports of a...

The San Benito County District Attorney’s Office has filed charges against Erin Baxter, the former supervising librarian for the San Benito Free Library, in relation to an alleged years-long embezzlement operation. Baxter was charged with three counts including forgery, conspiracy and one count of grand...

Hollister Police this week arrested a Gilroy woman who carjacked a victim in San Jose and let officers on a vehicle chase through two counties, authorities said.  About 11:57pm June 5, Hollister Police received an alert for a stolen vehicle on the citywide FLOCK camera...

Hollister Police arrested a local resident who is accused of intentionally killing a rooster with a vehicle and mistreating other animals, authorities said.  The police department’s Animal Care and Services in May received two reports of a local resident who had been mistreating fowl on...

During a traffic stop, police arrested a man on a bicycle on suspicion of drug offenses, possession of ammunition and other crimes, Hollister Police said.  About 12:31am May 31, Hollister Police Officer Chiyanne Schneider was on patrol in the area of Monterey and B streets...

Police last week arrested two suspects who allegedly burglarized and stole from a number of businesses in Hollister on multiple occasions, according to authorities. About 8:13am May 19, Hollister Police responded to the 1100 block of East Park Street on a report of a commercial...

Inmate Daniel Lopez Zavala, who escaped from the San Benito County Jail on May 28, was arrested in San Jose May 29 night following a regional manhunt that lasted nearly two days, authorities said.  The San Benito County Sheriff’s Office has also arrested three people...