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Gilroy police arrests Aug. 14 through Aug. 20

As the sun set in Del Rey Park, a few blocks west of Santa Teresa Boulevard, about 40 residents gathered on folding chairs on a recent weeknight, with their children and dogs, to express a deep concern for growing criminal activity in their neighborhood.

The people whose lives have been transformed by Gilroy dog trainer Mary Cortani think she’s pretty awesome – and they want the world to know about it.

As River, the terrier mix that was rescued from Uvas Creek with a brick tied to its hind legs earlier this month, waits to be adopted, the Gilroy Police Department and the Humane Society of the Central Coast are in a tussle over who should handle River’s adoption and investigation.

Joshua Valdez, the 22-year-old Gilroy High School graduate who was critically injured in a hit-and-run accident, returned to his home in Morgan Hill Thursday after a two-month stay in the hospital.

Drugs, particularly methamphetamine, appear to be taking up a large portion of recent Gilroy arrests. Here are a few events: 

More than a week after River, a honey-colored terrier mix, was rescued by a Gilroy man from Uvas Creek with a brick tied to its hind legs, the Humane Society and the Gilroy Police Department are at odds about how, and when, the little dog should be adopted. 

Over the past few days, police have responded to several incidents in which drugs caused suspects to behave erratically. Here are a few of those events:

After years of being on hold, the Uvas Creek Extension Project is back on City Council's agenda Monday night, when they are scheduled to vote during their regular meeting to award a $312,632 contract with Guerra Construction to get the project started.

This week, Gilroy Police worked extra shifts at the Garlic Festival as well as on the streets patrolling. They responded to incidents of methamphetamine sales,  drunk driving and theft, as well as several incidents of public intoxication at the Garlic Festival. Here are a few of those incidents: