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The suspect in the homicide of 25-year-old Hollister woman Heather Carroll been convicted on three drunken driving-related charges in San Benito County and served time for other cases of driving without a license, but does not appear to have a local history of convictions for violent offenses, according to court records.

The news came in hard and fast this year. The city started construction on its long overdue wastewater treatment facility, ensuring economic growth in the coming years. A San Juan Bautista company was linked to a nationwide E. coli outbreak that sickened 200 people and possibly caused three deaths. This year, Hollister learned an important lesson about its annual motorcycle invasion after attempting to cancel it. In November, voters rejected a measure that would have allowed developers of a proposed 4,400-home senior community to skirt local building caps, while another proposed large development remains on track. A few weeks later, Hollister broke ground on a new wastewater treatment plant that will allow development, stalled by a state moratorium, to resume. A June fire devastated the historic St. Francis Catholic Retreat, destroying priceless artwork and religious artifacts.

March 20 heralds the arrival of spring and nature is blooming with new life, both floral and faunal. Nesting season also begins and typically continues through August. Unfortunately, every year the Wildlife Education and Rehabilitation Center and other wildlife rehabilitation facilities across the nation receive thousands of baby birds, rabbits and tree squirrels because they have lost their nests or been injured due to yard and home maintenance, such as these three little barn owlets who were knocked out of their nest in a palm tree that was being pruned.