Crime

A veteran San Jose police officer from Gilroy charged in August with unlawful sexual contact with two teen boys won't know his trial start date for at least another month, according to the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office.

South County residents wary of smoke rising into the Friday afternoon sky shouldn't panic, according to CalFire.

Morgan Hill - Thursday's plea hearing for five suspects accused of shooting and killing 14-year-old Tara Romero last year was delayed.

A Gilroy woman who allegedly drove drunk and got into a car accident in Los Gatos Jan. 14 that killed her husband and daughter has been charged with murder, according to the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office.

Charges of murder and assult with a deadly weapon were filed Jan. 25 against Russell Edward Garcia, 31, in connection with a 2010 home invasion in Gilroy that caused the death of an elderly man after he was severely beaten on the head with a baseball bat.

A Morgan Hill man was arrested after a brazen domestic violence assault and kidnapping that took place at a downtown bar, police said.

Gilroy police found no shortage of people to arrest over the weekend, including a 20-year-old man who apparently didn't want to pay for a 49ers  jersey or a box of diapers.

Santa Clara County Sheriff's blotter: January 2012

The Gilroy Police Department arrested three of its "Most Wanted" suspects in a little more than a week, including one man who was subdued by a police baton in a grocery store parking lot, GPD Sgt. Chad Gallacinao said.