Crime

A semi truck heading north on U.S. 101 overturned around 8:15 a.m. Thursday morning while making the turn onto the Highway 25 on-ramp in front of the Garlic Shoppe just south of Gilroy.

A San Benito County sergeant helped to save a woman using CPR while at a conference in Visalia, according to announcement from the sheriff's office.

Hollister police located more than 100 pounds of explosives that it then had destroyed at the airport with the help of an outside agency.

A car ran the curb in a shopping center on Tres Pinos Road in Hollister and collided with a building.

Hollister police reported finding hazardous materials during a burglary response and warned residents to stay away in the following announcement:

Read the latest blotter items from the Hollister Police Department.

Deputies have arrested a resident suspected in five burglaries that were reported at businesses in downtown San Juan Bautista that happened overnight between Wednesday and Thursday, according to the sheriff's office.

Six burglaries were reported at businesses in downtown San Juan Bautista overnight, according to the sheriff's office.

There has been a steep drop in the number of speeding tickets issued by Hollister police in the past two years, while more drivers are cited for stop-sign violations than any other traffic infraction, according to data provided by the department.

While Hollister officials approved in-car cameras for police vehicles Monday, the local police department is testing out the possible use of body cameras as well, the chief confirmed.