Crime

Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen is moving to eliminate the county’s death row, looking to sentence the 15 local men still sitting on it to serve life in prison without the chance of parole instead, according to an April 5 press release.  “Judges...

Two Gilroy teenagers face up to 24 years in prison in a case that almost killed one and might rank as the city’s dumbest-ever botched robbery.

Isael Velarde, a Gilroy resident accused of crashing a vehicle and leaving his severely injured passenger to die on the road just north of Morgan Hill on June 6, faces more than 10 years in prison for his involvement in the collision and death, according to authorities.

An Oakland man stealing a vehicle in a Gilroy neighborhood shot and killed a man who confronted him early Tuesday morning, police said. The suspect, Angel Ochoa-Moreno, was arrested in Salinas after a pursuit on Highway 101. Officers responded at about 12:30am to a report of...

Christopher High School was locked down Wednesday afternoon after a student stabbed a classmate during an altercation, according to police.  About 11:59am May 22, Gilroy Police responded to Christopher High School, 850 Day Road, on a report of a stabbing, says a press release from...

An investigation into the deadly July 28, 2019 Garlic Festival shooting found that three Gilroy police officers acted lawfully when they fired multiple shots at suspect Santino Legan, striking him several times before he shot himself in the head.

An allegedly drunk Gilroy Police Department officer barricaded himself in a bedroom and resisted arrest when Merced County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a shots-fired call at a residence last month.

Morgan Hill Police are investigating a March 7 incident in which an unidentified suspect allegedly harassed and assaulted local Muslim residents who were leaving a religious prayer service.  MHPD Sgt. Scott Purvis said officers responded to the vicinity of the Community & Cultural Center at...