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GILROY—A Gilroy man was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence Tuesday night after his Mustang plunged into a ditch off Leavesley Road, killing three Gilroy high school girls and a young man and seriously injuring himself, authorities reported.

Christopher High School held a candlelight vigil in honor of 15-year-old Natalia Salcido, who was killed in a car accident May 9. Salcido was a sophomore at the school and a member of the cheer and dance team. More than 1,000 people attended the vigil to honor and remember Salcido's life on Monday evening.

GILROY—Thursday’s regular season finale didn’t go the way the Cougars had planned.

GILROY—Planning commissioners want compact development over the next 20 years, not sprawling, urban expansion.

GILROY— Sleuths at the Santa Clara County Agricultural Commissioner’s office are investigating the mysterious deaths of at least 1,000 European brown snails in a Gilroy business park.

GILROY—Firefighters battled a two-alarm blaze at Pacific Mobile Estates on 10th Street Tuesday morning when a mobile home fire destroyed a neighboring unit and damaged three others.

GILROY—The State Water Resources Control Board has ordered Gilroy to cut its water use by 24 percent to help meet a 25 percent statewide cut by year’s end.

GILROY—The teenage stepdaughter of a Gilroy policeman accidentally shot herself in the leg Monday with his pistol and is in stable condition after emergency surgery, according to Gilroy Police Department Sgt. Royce Heath.

Gilroy’s Louisa Mantilla wasted no time bringing home some hardware.

GILROY—The last time Brownell won a league championship, its coach Elijah Harrell was on the roster.