Police blotter: Forest street 18-year-old arrested for battery and kidnapping
Jose Martinez, 18, of the 200 block of Forest Street, 2:24 p.m.
Updated: Pacheco Fire ‘expanding slower’
Update: The Highway Patrol closed Highway 152 in both directions
Firefighters contain early morning barn blaze
A barn east of Gilroy containing hundreds of wooden pallets caught fire early Wednesday morning, causing a section of road to be closed as firefighters batted back the flames. The fire, at a ranch on the 2700 block of Ferguson Road, was reported at approximately 4:30 a.m.
Police arrest New Year’s Eve Union Bank robbery suspect
San Leandro police have arrested the suspect in the robbery of Union Bank on New Year's Eve, according to a press release from the Gilroy Police Department.
Sting operation yields three citations for selling tobacco to minors
The Gilroy Police Department, in cooperation with the Santa Clara County Department of Public Health, conducted a sting operation Aug. 29 to check whether local tobacco retailers would sell to minors. Of the 26 businesses checked-23 or 88 percent-refused to sell tobacco to minors, while three retailers sold to underage decoys, police said.
