Firefighters snuff out grass fire near IOOF Avenue
Three engines from Gilroy, one engine from CalFire and one battalion chief responded to a grass fire that lit up an eighth of an acre around 1:20 p.m. Thursday off IOOF Avenue, just behind Rebekah Children's Services and near the railroad tracks.
20-year-old Hollister suspect arrested after assaulting Gavilan student
Officers from the Santa Clara County Sheriffs Department have arrested Sean Chris Woodard, a 20-year-old Hollister resident who allegedly assaulted an 18-year-old female student while she was traversing the main hiking trail Wednesday behind the campus, located at 5055 Santa Teresa Blvd. in Gilroy.
Man, woman flown to hospital after motorcycle collides with deer
A San Jose man and woman were flown to the hospital after the motorcycle they were riding collided with a deer in west Morgan Hill, authorities said.
UPDATED: Hit-and-run victim remains comatose
Joshua Valdez, the young man who was found lying unconscious near a Morgan Hill intersection with numerous broken bones, remains in a coma following what police think is the result of a hit-and-run accident.
Police briefs: DUI, passenger arrested for drugs
DUI, passenger arrested for drug possession: Police pulled over Pedro Magana, 24, for running a stop sign in a gray 2005 Nissan Altima and found that Magana was allegedly driving under the influence and with a suspended driver's license.
Former SJ cop from Gilroy accused of sex crimes sentenced to eight months home detention
A former San Jose police officer from Gilroy charged with molesting two underage teen boys will serve eight months of house arrest with an ankle monitor, a sentence that “disappointed” prosecuting Deputy District Attorney Stuart Scott after he requested the maximum sentence of three years, eight months in state prison.
Man found critically injured; police suspect hit and run
Police are looking for the public’s help to find out how a young Morgan Hill man ended up with serious injuries that sent him to the hospital where he remains in critical condition.
