Police seek to ID owner of dog found injured near Hollister
Authorities are trying to find the owner of a dog that was found abandoned with injuries off the side of a highway near Hollister.
On May 5, officers from Hollister Police Animal Care and Services and the San Benito County Sheriff’s Office responded to a...
Highway 101 project will modify traffic pattern at Rocks/Cannon roads
Caltrans will soon begin work to modify the intersection of U.S. 101 at Rocks Road and Cannon Road in San Benito County.
The project will include the closure of the median opening on Highway 101, and the elimination of all through passage and left turn...
PHOTOS: Big rig flips over on Highway 152
A big rig loaded with office supplies flipped over on a tight turn on Highway 152 (Hecker Pass) Thursday afternoon, dumping its load down a steep ravine. The California Highway Patrol said there were only minor injuries in the 3:15pm incident that forced them...
Unemployment is high. Why are businesses struggling to hire?
There are two distinct, and completely opposite, ways of looking at the American job market.
One would be to consult the data tables produced every month by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which suggest a plentiful supply of would-be workers. The unemployment rate is 6%,...
Gilroy Police set DUI checkpoint for Oct. 10
The Gilroy Police Department will host a DUI and driver’s license checkpoint starting at 6pm Oct. 10 at an undisclosed location within the city limits. The checkpoint is scheduled to last until 1am Oct. 11.
Police said the primary purpose of DUI checkpoints is to...
Police schedule DUI checkpoint for Sept. 5
The California Highway Patrol Hollister-Gilroy Area will host a Driving Under the Influence Sobriety Checkpoint on Sept. 5 in an unincorporated area of southern Santa Clara County.
The checkpoint will begin at 7pm and continue until 3am Sept. 6. In the event of inclement weather,...
‘Surging’ virus cases concern Santa Clara County health officials
A sharp uptick in Covid-19 cases over the past week, coupled with the rise of hospitalizations and the upcoming holiday season, have health officials concerned that the county could be headed backward in its fight against the virus.
At a press conference on Nov. 9,...
Hecker Pass reopens after pedestrian collision Thursday night
Police in Gilroy on Friday morning said that Highway 152, the Hecker Pass Highway, had reopened after being closed in both directions due to a major injury crash involving a vehicle and a pedestrian Thursday evening.
After family relocates from the East Coast to the West, Ruben Le makes his move on the mat
Gilroy High junior Ruben Le and his family made the cross country move a couple of years ago from Boston to what locals refer to as the garlic capital of the world.
However, it didn’t take long for him to make a name for himself...
Gilroy smoke shops cited for selling flavored tobacco, magic mushrooms
Authorities recently cited four Gilroy businesses for illegally selling flavored tobacco products and items containing hallucinogenic psilocybin, Gilroy Police said.
The Gilroy Police Department and the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration recently performed a targeted enforcement operation at local smoke shops suspected of...
