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The midweek Fourth of July holiday seemed to be on the quiet side, according to one Hollister fire official.

Gang Prevention Coordinator Al De Vos recently gave a presentation to the Hollister City Council about an application for a Promise Neighborhood planning grant due by the end of July. It would encompass work to the west side of Hollister, including the neighborhoods surrounding Calaveras and R.O. Hardin schools. It would provide $500,000 for planning and then open up the county for additional implementation funding of up to $20 million from future grants.

While the police department readies for a new daytime curfew law targeting teen delinquents, it has not issued a single citation using the social host ordinance – targeting parents who encourage bad behavior to their children – since its enactment in April 2010.

Joanna Blackwood’s two daughters have been wanting to play more board games at home for about a year. Their family’s interest in a more traditional form of games translated to a day of fun for other locals.

Throughout Robert Guerrero's boxing career, the Gilroy native has had a strong supporting cast to buffer bad times and celebrate the good.

Searches for missing Morgan Hill teenager Sierra LaMar will resume Wednesday after the family and KlaasKids Foundation took last Wednesday off for the July 4 holiday.

Hot summer days across the country contributed to  six child deaths so far this year from heat stroke when children were left unattended in vehicles; that fact has caused the California Highway Patrol to issue a warning about the extreme danger of leaving children in hot vehicles this summer.

A fatal gun accident is hitting “home on a lot of levels” as community members process the loss of a young life cut painfully short.

While the family of the 3-year-old boy who was fatally shot the evening of July 5 has been left heartbroken, the investigation surrounding the cause of his death plods along under a cloud of confidentiality.

Police Officers arrested Abel Soto, 29, after a victim reported Soto was tampering with vehicles around 3 a.m. on July 8.