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Hollister police are looking for a 14-year-old runaway girl who might be with a 41-year-old man, according to a statement from police.

A motorcycle crashed into a fence shortly before 10:30 a.m. Sunday on Airline Highway near La Gloria Road in southern San Benito County, but the rider did not want medical attention, according to the California Highway Patrol.

Police in the past two days have arrested six suspects in connection with the January 2011 beating homicide of a 39-year-old Hollister man on Park Hill and have alleged it was retaliation against the victim for being a witness to another crime.

A Gilroy woman in custody on murder charges after allegedly driving drunk and causing a Jan. 14 car accident that killed her husband and daughter did not enter a plea Thursday, but she will appear in court again later this month, according to the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office.

Two suspects accused of robbing two Hollister stores on San Juan Road in April 2010 – and leading police on a chase through Salinas before ending in a crash that killed a fourth accused assailant – had their scheduled jury trials moved from March to June, according to court records.

Friends and family of Tara Romero celebrated the teen murder victim's birthday yesterday at the scene of her death.

A water main broke on Fourth Street Thursday night near the sheriff’s office headquarters and will shut off a portion of the busy road for an indefinite amount of time.

Against a backdrop of rising class fees at Gavilan College and the desicion to place salary caps for newly hired campus presidents at California State Universities, a $42,000 pay increase for Gavilan College President Steve Kinsella continues to ignite heated reactions within the community.

Police are looking for a man suspected of attempting to kidnap a woman while using a knife at the Granny's Wash & Dry laundromat downtown, according to Hollister police.