Restored bus funds won’t change HSD outlook
As news came that the state Legislature had approved a bill that would restore funding to the home-to-school transportation budget while taking an equal cut from all schools statewide, Hollister School District Superintendent Gary McIntire said that the ruling would not change plans to eliminate bus service for the following school year.
Updated: Water-main study delayed by master plan
A water main broke that broke Thursday on Fourth Street near the sheriff’s office headquarters will indefinitely shut off a portion of the busy road – while another main later failed on the west side – becoming the latest in a series of more than a dozen malfunctions for the downtown system in recent years.
Police release surveillance photos in attempted kidnapping
The Hollister Police Department has released surveillance photos identifying the suspect in an attempted kidnapping last week at a downtown laundromat.
Pickup slams into dump truck on Union Road
A pickup truck struck a dump truck on Union Road at about 2:30 p.m. Monday.
Police believe runaway, 14, might be with 41-year-old man
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.
Motorcycle crashes into fence; rider declines medical attention
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.
Updated: Identities released of Park Hill homicide suspects
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.
Plea hearing delayed in fatal DUI case
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.
Trial date moved for suspects in 2010 homicide, chase
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.
