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	Hollister, California - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hollister is the county seat of San Benito County, California.
		Hollister serves as a gateway to the Pinnacles National Monument.
		Hollister is well-known among geologists because it portrays one of the best examples of aseismic creep anywhere in the world.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hollister,_California (653 words)

	RIOT (0. Fr. riote, of... - Online Information article about RIOT (0. Fr. riote, of...
		The degree of force, how-ever, which may be lawfully - employed in their suppression depends on the nature of each riot, for the force used must always be moderated and proportioned to the circumstances of the case and to the end to be attained.
		Winchester (1285).1 That and subsequent acts were repealed in the reign of George IV., and their provisions were consolidated by an act of 1827 which gave a remedy against the hundred in the case of felonious demolition of churches, chapels, houses, machinery, andc., being feloniously demolished by rioters.
		In Scotland a riot may be either " rioting and mobbing." or " rioting and breach of the peace." The first is much the same as riot in English law.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /RHY_RON/RIOT_0_Fr_riote_of_uncertain_et.html (3457 words)

	Hollister 1947 Rally
		State Highway patrolmen tonight imposed informal martial law in downtown Hollister to curb the riotous activities of an estimated 4000.
		With the riot under control for the moment, officers said there is no apparent organized leader of the activity.
		The "gypsy tour", an annual racing and hill-climbing was sanctioned by the AMA and sponsored by the Salinas Ramblers Motorcycle Club and the Hollister Veterans' Memorial Park Association.
	www.tophatters-mc.com /hollister1947rally.htm (1428 words)

	SPACE CITY ROCK: Hollister Fracus -- Rev Your Engines
		The throbbing pulse of the hard rock music that Hollister Fracus was playing exhilarated anyone entering the Jones Rd. club, Forgetta'Bout It, on the last hot Saturday night of July, exciting those who crowded the stage, heads banging, feet jumping and hands waving in the air.
		Jerry: In Hollister, CA, back in 1941 when the WWII bomber pilots came back to the states, they wanted to release some energy and get on their Harleys, put their bomber jackets on and go cause a big ruckus in Hollister, CA.
		Hollister Fracus is a premier hard rock act in Houston and in the region.
	www.spacecityrock.com /issue8/hollisterfracus1.html (1350 words)

	hollister
		HOLLISTER — This sun-baked town in the heart of earthquake country sits atop a fertile crescent midway between the Central Valley and Central Coast.
		Yet many are applauding the rally's demise, saying the annual crush of cycles is so loud that it drives many residents away for the holiday and forces some pet owners to place their frightened animals on tranquilizers for the weekend.
		Hollister's love-hate relationship with its motorcyclists dates to that 1947 episode, when a handful of Boozefighters joined thousands of riders who converged upon the town of 5,000 — named after Col. W.W. Hollister, who drove the first flock of sheep across the continent.
	www.westernracer.com /hollister.htm (1364 words)

	Haskins Society Web Page -- C. Warren Hollister
		Because, Hollister convinces the reader, Henry was a capable, responsible ruler devoted to making peace in Normandy and later in England after becoming king in 1100.
		None of this quite conveys the sense of what one of his colleagues calls "The Hollister Touch." Warren wrote, and spoke, with an easy clarity that we all know is difficult to achieve, with a sure touch for just the right way to put what needs to be said, and without a trace of condescension.
		Professor Hollister's other talents need at least to be mentioned: he was a musician who was a connoisseur of music of all periods and times and himself produced two shows; he formed one of the two best collections on the Oz books in the world.
	www.haskins.cornell.edu /Hollister.html (1108 words)

	The Dispatch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Hollister - Local law enforcement officials believe this year's Independence Rally could pose a greater threat to public safety than in years past, saying hundreds of members of rival motorcycle clubs, the Hells Angels and the Mongols, could attend the weekend's festivities.
		Hollister has its party on the city streets and if they choose to come to Hollister, have a good time, but if you break the law, you're going to jail.
		Reyes said since the incident in Laughlin, where between 70 and 100 members of both clubs were involved in a major riot that resulted in three deaths and multiple gunshot and knife injuries, Mongols throughout the state have been lying low for awhile.
	www.gilroydispatch.com /news/contentview.asp?c=162621 (866 words)

	Metroactive News & Issues \| Hollister Biker Reunion
		Hollister City Councilman Ken Duran was just a wide-eyed kid the day the bikers came to town.
		HOLLISTER IS ABOUT to relive its most famous moment, this time absent the element of surprise that colored the landmark Independence Day rally half a century ago.
		In the spring of '96, Corbin was investigating locations for a new manufacturing plant and was drawn to Hollister.
	www.metroactive.com /papers/metro/07.03.97/bikers-9727.html (1356 words)

	Hollister Free Lance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Hollister Police Chief Jeff Miller said there have been rumblings that more members of the Hells Angels and Mongols will attend than usual and will be flying their colors.
		The Mongols and the Hells Angels are the same two groups that caused a riot during the Laughlin River Run motorcycle rally in Nevada in 2002 - a confrontation that ended with multiple shootings and stabbings.
		To lose the Rally would be a blow to Hollister, and we hope the local leaders of these two motorcycle clubs realize that.
	www.freelancenews.com /opinion/contentview.asp?c=162669 (396 words)

	1929 Riot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		There were about five hundred prisoners on the prison grounds at the time of the riot, and most of them were not in their cells because they were returning from lunch.
		Patterson indicates there are several causes of this riot including: inept management, inadequate training of personnel, insufficient constructive activities for prisoners, lack of sufficient rewards for work done or compliance with rules, inadequate segregation of prison population.
		As for the guards and prison officials involved in the riot, it was a nightmare.
	ccpl.lib.co.us /Prisons/1929Riot.html (2498 words)

	Hollister Bike Run and Independence Day Rally
		It was at the 1947 Hollister Bike Run and Independence Day Rally that the infamous “incident” played out in the movie, brought area police to the rally in riot gear to control the crowd.
		Hollister is located 45 miles south of San Jose and 45 miles east of Santa Cruz, which makes a number of cool rides close.
		Check out the Hollister Independence Day Rally official web site to find out what’s happening and when, and then learn more about shipping your bike to the with the people who built your motorcycle rely on, such as Honda, and Buell – Daily Direct.
	www.haulbikes.com /hollister_event.html (515 words)

	foxreno.com - News - Hollister Cancels July 4th Weekend Motorcycle Rally
		HOLLISTER -- The city of Hollister announced Wednesday that the 2006 Hollister Independence Rally has been canceled by the City Council because of concerns over the cost of the event.
		The council voted to cancel this year's rally after the non-profit that has run the event since 1997, the Hollister Independence Rally Committee, said it would not be able to reimburse the city this year.
		The Hollister rally gained national notoriety in 1947 after a riot in which bikers ran rampant through the town.
	www.foxreno.com /news/7105424/detail.html?rss=reno&psp=news (332 words)

	Morgan Hill Times (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Nowhere can one find the down-home goodness of a kiddie parade to ring in the red, white and blue followed by a traditional fireworks display at night attended by thousands of young and old alike.
		Then, mixed in with these American staples is a celebration of the so-called Hollister riot, a moment in time that established the birthplace of the American biker.
		And, hand it to the Hollister Independence Rally Committee, law enforcement agencies, and most importantly, the more than 100,000 rally-goers who once again pulled off another successful biker rally.
	www.freelancenews.com /printer/article.asp?c=64857 (294 words)

	The Rouen Riot and Conan
		The objective of rebellious townspeople was usually to win privileges from their lay or ecclesiastical lords, but this was not always the case.
		By 1090, the year of the Rouen riot, Rufus had won over to his cause, largely through bribery, much of the nobility of north-eastern Normandy.
		The significance of the Rouen riot and its political outcome can only be discerned if one understands that Henry's behaviour throughout the affair would have been widely regarded as heroic, particularly so in contrast with the timidity of the duke.
	www.deremilitari.org /resources/articles/hollister.htm (3963 words)

	daven121
		He was accused of inciting a crowd to stop cars and to throw bottles at police and civilians, according to a police report.
		Shelia Siffel, 18, of the 1600 block of Logan Street, was arrested and charged with riot for encouraging others to gather in the middle of the street on Mercer Street.
		He is accused of refusing to leave the area during a riot situation.
	www.cincypost.com /news/1997/daven121297.html (532 words)

	NBC11.com - News - Hollister Bike Rally Canceled This Year
		HOLLISTER, Calif. -- Financial problems have forced the city of Hollister to cancel this year's 4th of July weekend bike rally.
		The Hollister city council voted to cancel the bike rally after organizers said they would not be able to reimburse the city for the costs.
		That riot was the basis for a 1954 movie titled, "The Wild One" starring Marlon Brando.
	www.nbc11.com /news/7121982/detail.html (167 words)

	Comments on 15753 \| MetaFilter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Hollister Ranch is an outrageous surf spot locate north of Santa Barbara.
		Hey jon, that riot was so much fun they made it a tradition, but here is Hollister's real claim to fame.
		It's true, the AandF page for Hollister Co. gives NO indication of what they're ACTUALLY selling - I read the local news article before I went to the commercial page, so I already knew it was 'hip beach-wear' (or whatever) they were alluding to in their web site.
	www.metafilter.com /comments.mefi/15753 (912 words)

	Ride Free Motorcycle Tours - Rides
		The area surrounding Hollister is great for getting a taste of the old cowboy days of farming and ranching and the old seaport days of Cannery Row, Monterey, which inspired Charles Dickens.
		Hollister has become a Mecca for American bikers who want to see the place where it all happened.
		The small, sleepy town of Hollister is located in one of the most beautiful spots in the world between exciting Los Angeles and scenic San Francisco.
	www.ridefree.com /rides.html (1685 words)

	MetroActive News & Issues \| Bikers
		Called a "motorcycle riot" by the local papers in 1947, the event was later glamorized in Stanley Kramer's 1953 classic film, The Wild One, starring Marlon Brando.
		The town was named after pioneer and cattle rancher Joseph Hubbard Hollister, who was responsible for the first thundering herd to arrive there, driven across the plains to California in 1853.
		ANY RIDERS WHO might appear in Hollister these days, however, may be vastly different from their early postwar ancestors, those original "straight-pipers." Still, law enforcement, local business and government officials are working hand-in-hand to try to stop an event that is currently in the planning stages.
	www.metroactive.com /papers/cruz/07.03.96/bikers-9627.html (1309 words)

	City Pulse - a newspaper for the rest of us
		Rather, it came when the cover story of City Pulse criticized Hollister for his handling of the GM-Westside air pollution dispute.
		City Pulse made a little fun of Hollister last November when it portrayed him in a crown and regal robe after he was elected to a third term.
		The non-Democratic way that Hollister has chosen to deal with his critics has given that illustration considerably more meaning today.
	www.lansingcitypulse.com /020522/020522hollister.html (487 words)

	The Wild One (1953) - László Benedek
		The Hollister event sparked the formation of Hells Angels MC the following year and is now recreated annually.
		Deemed scandalous and dangerous, the film was banned by the British Board of Film Censors from showing in the United Kingdom for fourteen years.
		In 1947, the same year that Jack Kerouac made his epic journey across America which he would later describe in On the Road and the same year as the occurance at Roswell, New Mexico which was claimed as a UFO crash, there was an incident involving a motorcycle gang at Hollister, California.
	www.jahsonic.com /WildOne.html (355 words)

	Philly Beyond Oil - Conference Speakers and Bios (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		She is actively engaged in community efforts to prevent the opening of ANWR to drilling and to move America toward a more sustainable cultural identity.
		Hollister Knowlton is a biologist and educator; active in Philadelphia Yearly Meeting’s Earthcare Working Group and Friends Traveling for Peace Justice and an Earth Restored; a member of the Policy Committee for FCNL (the Friends lobbying group in DC); serves as clerk of Outreach/Witness for Quaker Earthcare Witness of the Americas.
		Quiet Riot has given over 4000 presentations to appreciative educational, theatre, government and corporate audiences like Unisys, IBM, Bell Atlantic, the Lincoln Center, 3M, Social Security Administration, Department of the Navy, Duke University Medical College, NASA Goddard Space Center, General Services Administration and thousands of schools, theatres, and conferences.
	www.phillybeyondoil.org /index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=21&Itemid=29 (4799 words)

	Motorcycle Menace-Chapter 3
		Between the Hollister riot of 1947 and the release of the Lynch Report in 1965, bikers and outlaw clubs received little attention outside the state of California.
		It closed its Hollister story with a quote from a rioter: “The attitude of the cyclists was expressed by one youth today in these words: ‘It’s a convention.
		The three–hour riot began when 200 motorcyclists and others visiting the town were asked to not block the streets.
	webs.morningside.edu /masscomm/DrRoss/Chap3.html (8186 words)

	Hollister Drill Considered Successful [Free Republic]
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		They're expensive, Hollister is a very small community adjoining Branson and pay their officers about $1000 /mo. last I knew.
		So, after all of the witnesses have been "accidentally" killed, you blame it on the "bad guys" who of course are also dead.
	www.freerepublic.com /forum/a3925b65d59d5.htm (1651 words)

	Hollister Rally - Hollister Independence Rally
		The 2005 Hollister Rally was a huge success for us so we are very saddened to see it go.
		If you come to Hollister the July 4th weekend, stop by and visit us for the best Mexican food in town.
		The Hollister Independence Rally commemorates the July 4th weekend in 1947 when over 4000 motorcyclists allegedly converged on Hollister causing a motorcycle "riot".
	www.progressotamale.com /rally (137 words)

	Biker News: 1%er,Outlaw,Bikernews,Bikernews.net
		The only thing I haven't heard are numbers in the tens and twenties," he said.
		Jeff Pettigrew, president of the San Jose chapter of the Hells Angels, declined to comment about the groups plans for this years event.
		Reyes said the club was originally planning on some 1,500 members attending the Hollister Independence Rally.
	bikernews.obworld.com /?d=news&p=read&newsid=437 (1048 words)

	CTV Travel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Johnnie’s Bar, where it all started, is the setting for interviews with Hollister City historians and bikers, who reveal the true story behind the classic Marlon Brando film 'The Wild One'.
		Travel from the Hollister Independence Rally to a gorgeous home on the hills overlooking the city, for a Fourth of July barbecue with the Indian Riders Group.
		Just outside of Hollister is the historic town of San Juan Bautista.
	www.ctvtravel.ca /shows?mode=1&id=392 (551 words)

	Daily Lush Magazine: Six Really Bad Things to Do When Drunk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The location was Hollister, California, a nondescript farming town that was the site of a road rally that attracted 4,000 cyclists.
		A riot followed, during which the police resorted to tear gas.
		Come morning, the town's chief of police would survey the damage and declare: "It's just one hell of a mess." The Hollister riot inspired the development of the American outlaw biker, as well as inspiring one famous film: Marlon Brando's The Wild One.
	www.dailylush.com /archives/six_really_bad_things_to_do_when_drunk.html (991 words)

	HAVOK IN HOLLISTER
		Police Chief Fred A. Earin of Hollister said:
		Transcribed from the July 6, 1947 San Francisco Chronicle describing an overview of the "worst 40 hours of Hollister".
		Hollister Forever More information on this historical event.
	www.cestcop.com /chron1.htm (698 words)

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