Stabbing, car chases, ring in New Year
While Gilroy residents celebrated the holiday weekend popping Champagne and toasting to their New Year's resolutions, local law enforcement officers chased down suspects and responded to a bevy of crimes they hope will be aberrations as 2012 rolls forward.
State offers amnesty for unpaid tickets
Drivers with unpaid traffic tickets are getting a holiday president from the state as superior courts in all 58 counties are offering a 50 percent discount on certain overdue debt.
Traffic violators eligible for discount
For the first six months of 2012, motorists can receive up to 50-percent off their traffic ticket fines.
Amber Alert suspect to be sentenced Tuesday
Maribel Mejia, the woman who caused a statewide panic when she accidentally kidnapped a Morgan Hill infant earlier this year, will be in court for a sentencing hearing Tuesday.
Suspect arrested in Christmas stabbing homicide
Hollister police have arrested a 28-year-old suspect after the stabbing homicide early on Christmas morning, according to a Hollister Police Department announcement.
Police release photo of Walmart robbery suspect
The Gilroy Police Department has released security photos of a man wanted for robbing a local Walmart of more than $3,000. And it's asking the public to help locate him.
