Police to crack down on ‘distracted driving’ during April
You might think that phone call you need to make on your way to work is very important, but is it worth a $159 ticket? Or, more importantly police say, the life of another motorist or passenger caught in the path of your distraction?
Pride 2012: Once a Baler, Always a Baler
This and other local features will appear in the special "Pride & Promise" section with Tuesday's edition of the Hollister Free Lance.
San Juan makes manager title permanent for Grimsley
The San Juan Bautista City Council has removed the interim title from City Manager Roger Grimsley, extending the contract of the former engineer and longtime government worker who came out of retirement last summer to fill a leadership void created when Stephen Julian resigned in May.
Pride 2012: ‘Spirit of service’ in the family
This feature and others will appear in the special "Pride & Promise" feature section in Tuesday's Free Lance. Pick up a copy today.
Local police to focus on traffic enforcement near schools
The Hollister Police Department, the California Highway Patrol and the San Benito County Sheriff’s Office will be concentrating enforcement of traffic laws around Hollister Schools in an effort to encourage drivers to drive safely in school zones.
Pride & Promise 2012
Our annual Pride special section comes to you with the promise of revealing some of Gilroy's hidden gems, loyal residents and honored citizens.
Guide to the facts behind Sierra LaMar’s disappearance
The answers to the following questions should help summarize what’s happened so far in the Sierra LaMar investigation, inform how the community can help, and provide some useful background to the case.
Items found during Sierra LaMar search, but ‘possibly nothing’
Used condoms and an empty handcuff box were found Thursday by a volunteer searcher at the west end of Palm Avenue, about a mile from missing teen Sierra LaMar’s bus stop in Morgan Hill, though Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith said Thursday night that “it’s possibly nothing.”
Romero murder suspects’ hearing postponed
The plea hearing for the five suspects accused of killing Tara Romero, 14, and trying to kill three other teens Nov. 4, 2011 was postponed.
