No charges in Gilroy police shooting
Nine months after a Gilroy Police officer shot and killed a suspected domestic abuser, the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s office issued a 32-page report finding that the officer wasn’t at fault in the death of Hector Alvarez, 19, identified as a Norteño gang member with a history of domestic abuse.
Store break-ins worry downtown Morgan Hill
A downtown arts and crafts shop was burglarized Tuesday night, and downtown business people urge residents and visitors to be alert following the second such incident in less than three months.
Gilroy Drug bust grand total now at 648 pounds
The amount of methamphetamine seized from a Gilroy home last
Homicide charges dropped
Last week’s fatal shooting in Las Animas Veterans Park – initially reported by police as an attack on a 68-year-old Gilroy man depicted by friends and family as “helpful” and “loving” – is now being examined in an entirely new light, according to court files detailing the event as an act of self defense in the face of violence and racism.
More than 100 arrested in large-scale operation
More than 100 suspects facing state and federal charges from five counties have been arrested in a large-scale, multi-jurisdiction operation that includes the seizure of firearms, stolen vehicles and narcotics, according to the Gilroy Police Department.
Police ask for help identifying two burglary suspects
Gilroy Police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating two suspects in a burglary on the 7300 block of Wren Avenue at 9 a.m. Oct. 10.



















