Crime

Police on Friday morning arrested three Hollister men and accused them of firearm and drug charges, according to the Hollister Police Department.

Friends and family of the former Hollister police sergeant injured in a motorcycle vs. vehicle accident Jan. 6 have set up a public fundraising campaign to help pay for the rising medical costs of Andrew Burgess, 59, of Gilroy.

Hollister council members this week OK’d Interim Fire Chief Mike O’Connor as the full-time fire chief. O’Connor assumed the interim post in April and has overseen the transition of county fire services from Calfire to the Hollister Fire Department.

The Hollister Police Department has officially hired Bo Leland as a new school resource officer, the department announced last week.

Read the latest police blotter items as reported by the Hollister Police Department.

The Hollister Fire Department has announced the start of a new Career Explorer program involving teens and young adults interested in the fire service.

A 3.3 magnitude earthquake hit near Hollister on Saturday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey website.

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.

The Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office is warning that international scam artists are increasingly using dating websites to defraud victims with investment or loan swindles, according to a press release sent out today.

Authorities are continuing to investigate a Hollister strip mall fire the chief called suspicious.