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A judge Friday sentenced Jose A. Covian, the Hollister man accused in the 2007 stabbing murder of Alejandro Hurtado, to a prison term of 25 years to life.

About a year after the allegations went public, the Diocese of Monterey has settled a lawsuit involving suspicions that a former Mission San Juan Bautista priest in 2005 sexually abused a then 14-year-old member of the Madonna Del Sasso parish in Salinas.

A Gilroy woman who plans to file a lawsuit against the city of Morgan Hill claims to be the victim of false arrest and invasion of privacy in an incident that resulted in a police department internal investigation.

A Hollister man arrested in November and accused of abandoning a toddler to flee from police and possessing methamphetamine was sentenced Thursday to 120 days in the county jail and three years of probation.

A Hollister man was sentenced to 11 years in prison on charges related to accusations he raped two local women in July 2011 after he had used social networking websites to arrange visits with the victims.

The district attorney’s office chief investigator said prosecutors are “back in the investigation mode” and still contended “crimes occurred” in the case of 41-year-old Clint Wageman, who had been accused of concealing a 14-year-old runaway from Hollister before the related charge was dismissed Thursday.

I hope you all had a nice and sweet Valentine's Day and I certainly hope you didn't forget your Valentine!

The man accused in the 2007 killing of a 20-year-old Hollister woman contended in court Thursday he was incompetent for trial proceedings, and a judge gave him a week to return with a doctor’s recommendation on his mental status.

A resident called the Red Phone to let us know about a whole mess of potholes on Browns Alley near Dunne Park and downtown Hollister.