Crime

The San Benito County Sheriff’s Office held testing for deputy sheriff positions on Feb. 28 at San Benito High School. According to an announcement from the office, there were 89 candidates who showed up to take the written test at the high school cafeteria, and 54 passed the written portion and went on to the physical agility part of the testing process. From there, 34 passed the physical and moved onto the oral interviews. At the end of this day, 25 candidates had passed all three stages of the test. The next step in the process is an administrative interview with the two sheriff’s captains, according to the office.

An outside investigation into allegations of nepotism by the Hollister fire chief found the official did not commit any improprieties but may have made "policy-procedure" missteps, Mayor Ignacio Velazquez confirmed Wednesday.

A juvenile with moderate injuries was transported by air ambulance to a regional hospital from Spring Grove School after a collision between two pickup trucks near Fairview and Fallon roads around 9:30 a.m. Jan. 3.

The San Benito Babe Ruth League had been looking forward to celebrating its 60th anniversary this fall until an arsonist lit up the group’s equipment at Veterans Memorial Park. “There was an arson fire set down at the field,” said Greg Lopez, president of the...

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The former leaders of the Mexican American Community Services Agency are being charged with felony grand theft after a three-year investigation into the San Jose-based organization known as MACSA whose former Gilroy charter school leaders are suspected for misappropriating and embezzling school funds, according to the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office which made the annoucement Thursday morning.