Updated: Police were seeking man wanted in west-side shootout
Hollister police and county sheriff deputies set up a perimeter Friday afternoon while searching for the second of two suspects wanted in the gunfire exchange that occurred last weekend on the west side, but could not capture the wanted man.
Gilroy loses vibrant young athlete
Andrel Gaines, a freshman basketball player at Gavilan College
Driver in Gaines crash not drunk
Gavilan College basketball player Billy Heard - Andrel Gaines’ teammate - who was driving the car when back-to-back car wrecks sent six people to the hospital, was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol at the time of the accidents, according to a toxicology report obtained Monday by the Dispatch.
Preliminary examination set in social networking rape case
The Hollister man accused of using social networking websites to lure two separate rape victims had a court appearance this week and has his next date scheduled for Nov. 29, according to court records.
Gavilan basketball player dies 12 days after wreck
GILROY - Andrel Gaines, a freshman basketball player at Gavilan College whose fight for life following a Nov. 6 car accident spurred thousands of prayers and messages of support, died this morning at a San Francisco hospital, the Dispatch has learned.
Man accused of DUI after Hwy. 101 crash near San Martin
A Los Banos man was arrested Thursday evening after he crashed into a parked car along U.S. Highway 101 near San Martin, sending a 27-year-old Santa Clara woman to the hospital with a broken leg and possible head trauma, according to the California Highway Patrol.















