Crime

MediLeaf directors embraced and heaved sighs of relief Tuesday

A Gilroy man has been arrested in connection with the possession and distribution of child sexual abuse material after a months-long investigation involving numerous agencies, police said. Gilroy Police officers at 7am on Sept. 24 served a search warrant at a home on East Court...

A Watsonville man was arrested and hospitalized with

A 23-year-old Gilroy man died Monday after he lost control of his 2006 white Toyota Matrix Monday at 5 p.m. on Santa Teresa Boulevard north of Fitzgerald Avenue.

The Gilroy man who’s been in custody since May 2011 for allegedly killing his wife’s 6-week-old Chihuahua puppy was deemed incompetent to continue on to trial – for now at least – according to Santa Clara County Deputy District Attorney Troy Benson.

Jorge Briones, the former Morgan Hill Downtown Association executive director who is accused of embezzling funds from the nonprofit organization, is scheduled to be arraigned Friday, Dec. 21 at the South County Courthouse in Morgan Hill, according to authorities.

A settlement is expected to be reached this month more than a year after Goyoko “Batzi” Kuburovich – a Gilroy resident and former co-director of medical marijuana dispensaries with locations in Gilroy, Morgan Hill and San Jose that were shut down after law enforcement officers raided MediLeaf offices and founders' homes in December 2010 – was taken into custody March 23, 2012 on charges of embezzling $1.6 million through real estate grand fraud.

Victims of the deadly 2019 shooting at the Gilroy Garlic Festival have one year remaining to apply for financial assistance from the California Victim Compensation Board, says a press release from the board.  “We were heartened by the return of the Gilroy Garlic Festival this...

The leaders of a former charter school in Gilroy are currently