Crime

The Bureau of Land Management has lifted fire restrictions for the Hollister area, according to a statement from the federal agency.

Union Bank is offering a $10,000 for information linked to a July bank robbery in San Juan Bautista.

A 26-year-old Hollister woman died in a solo-car crash Thursday evening on Highway 101 in Gilroy, according to the California Highway Patrol.

The probation report details circumstances in the case – including an allegation from the suspected attacker that he walked in on the stabbing victim raping his partner.

A 29-year-old Salinas man was killed in a wreck early Sunday morning at the intersection of Murray Avenue and Chestnut Street in Gilroy, the California Highway Patrol confirmed Monday in a press release.

The following are some items reported on the Hollister Police Department blotter for the past week:

A 53-year-old woman had her vehicle stolen in a carjacking on Highway 129 near Aromas on Wednesday night, according to the Santa Cruz Sheriff’s Office.

County members of a youth Latino group were inside the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. for a youth seminar when police killed a woman nearby after the chase starting at the White House.

Hollister police arrested a 39-year-old Hollister man who met up with a 16-year-old girl he had met on Facebook, according to the Hollister Police Department.

Police Chief David Westrick and his family were awakened by the sound of an explosion and shaking early Friday morning at their Hollister home. With his wife and 11-year-old daughter in the Santa Ana Road house, Westrick ran toward the noise.