Crime

The Gilroy woman charged with murder for killing her husband and daughter in a drunken car crash in Los Gatos 10 months ago has been deemed mentally competent to withstand trial, despite opposite claims from her defense.

Burglars have struck a downtown business once again, this time preying on a graphic design company on Fifth and Monterey Streets.

Local authorities recently raided a large cockfight in progress on Frazier Lake Road and arrested seven suspects, according to the Hollister Police Department.

A controversial practice that defies federal requests to detain criminal suspects who are also undocumented aliens is being challenged by Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen.

Two men broke into an occupied home on the 300 block of Mantelli Drive late Wednesday morning, identifying themselves as policemen and threatening a woman with a crowbar as they forced her to lead them around the house in search of valuables.

Two pit bulls went on an animal killing spree at 1:10 p.m. Nov. 27, when the dogs found their way into the backyard of a home located on the 7500 block of Rosanna Street. The pit bulls killed the resident's dog, wandered into the street, killed a cat and attacked another dog. 

Next month, local law enforcement authorities will give non-violent criminal suspects and traffic offenders with warrants for their arrest a chance to spend the holidays with their friends and families, rather than behind bars.

An unknown suspect in a gang-related shooting fired at an unoccupied car and an occupied residence at 10th Street and Glenview Drive just after midnight on Nov. 28. 

Authorities have identified the two Sonora residents killed in the Tuesday afternoon accident near Hollister that involved two cars and a big rig.