Crime

Law enforcement authorities are warning the public about the dangers of fentanyl after a surge of overdoses on the powerful opioid drug in recent weeks. That surge includes seven deaths among homeless residents in San Jose in the last three weeks, and a fatal Aug....

The Gilroy Police Department arrested three of its "Most Wanted" suspects in a little more than a week, including one man who was subdued by a police baton in a grocery store parking lot, GPD Sgt. Chad Gallacinao said.

A man suspected of shooting and killing a baby in Merced was caught in Gilroy on Nov. 17, according to police. Daevon Motshwane, 18, was booked into Merced County Jail on charges of murder, assault with a deadly weapon and gang enhancements, among other charges....

GILROY

A little more than a year after David Vincent Reyes murdered

Police arrested four Morgan Hill gang members for their

Sept. 27 • A vehicle was reported stolen on Church Street and Welburn Avenue. • Police responded to a report of an assault on the 7000 block of Eigleberry Street at 8am and 8200 block of Church Street at 8pm. • A hit-and-run collision that damaged property...

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 Salinas residents have been confirmed killed and a third had

A young man was shot and killed in an apparently gang related