Crime

Hollister Fire Chief Mike O’Connor assisted in leading police to the suspect of a driving under the influence hit and run accident, according to an announcement from the Hollister Police Department.

A car carrying three people overturned on San Justo Road near San Juan Bautista on Friday morning, while no one was injured seriously in the accident.

Firefighters have contained a residential fire that sparked just after noon Thursday in a home on the 2000 block of Pacheco Pass in the Gilroy area, CalFire Battalion Chief Jim Crawford said.

Read the latest blotter items from the Hollister Police Department.

A Morgan Hill man died in a motorcycle accident in San Benito County early Saturday morning, according to the California Highway Patrol.

A woman was killed Saturday when a pickup truck driven by a 32-year-old Hollister man struck her along Shore Road, according to the California Highway Patrol.

Hollister police arrested a carjacking suspect after a vehicle theft at the local hospital Saturday and a subsequent pursuit.

The Hollister Police Department arrested two men on suspicion of trying to rob the Quik Stop market last week, according to a police statement.

The California Highway Patrol is warning residents about a phone scam in which callers say they're with the CHP and requests payment for missed jury duty.

The Hollister Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are offering rewards for information on the Dollar Tree arson from more than a year ago, according to the Hollister Police Department.