Boy Scouts group requests city reimbursement for stolen flags
A local Boy Scouts organizer on Tuesday asked the Hollister council to reimburse the group $906 for 35 American flags stolen during the city’s motorcycle rally.
Fundraiser being set up for Burgess, former Hollister cop injured in wreck
Friends and family of the Gilroy man severely injured in a motorcycle-versus-vehicle accident Jan. 6 are establishing a public fundraising campaign to help pay for the rising medical costs of Andrew Burgess, 59.
Fire sparks in dry riverbed near homeless encampment
A small fire near a homeless encampment and tomato field off Buena Vista Road burned about a half-acre Tuesday afternoon, according to firemen at the scene.
Police chief offers his take on prospects for rally return
In response to a group of residents' efforts to revive the
Police, DA investigating texts to council member as harassment, homophobic slurs
Hollister police are investigating what Mayor Ignacio Velazquez calls a “hate crime” against a council member by prominent local lobbyist and former mayor Victor Gomez.
Velazquez announced the investigation in a written statement to the Free Lance before the Jan. 21 city council meeting and...
