Crime

A visiting judge will oversee the scheduled rape trial, set for

Police are looking for a man who stole an "expensive" amount of merchandise twice in one day from the Hollister Target store, according to authorities.

Police arrested a 60-year-old man who used multiple weapons to attack and injure members of his family in Hollister before stabbing himself multiple times, according to authorities.

The California Highway Patrol is wrapping up its investigation into the fatal Nov. 6 car accident that killed 19-year-old Gavilan College basketball player Andrel Gaines. And once complete, the case will be in hands of the San Mateo County District Attorney's Office, which will decide whether to file charges against the two drivers who were involved in the horriffic wreck, CHP Officer Tony Tam told the Dispatch.

A hearing tomorrow will determine the fate of 54 roosters that were seized Nov. 23 during a cockfighting raid on Frazier Lake Road. The birds that remain unclaimed have been housed at the Hollister Animal Shelter with the hearing pending.

While the Hollister Police Department officers have plans for a DUI and driver’s license checkpoint at an undisclosed location in within the Hollister city limits on Sept. 1, between 7 p.m. and 2:30 a.m., the California Highway Patrol in San Benito County and Gilroy will also be out at maximum enforcement for the three-day weekend.

Drugs, guns and stolen property were recovered and two men were arrested after the Hollister Police Department conducted a search warrant last week on a home suspected of being used to sell narcotics.

A big rig carrying a trailer with chicken feed overturned