Crime

The Hollister-Gilroy office of the California Highway Patrol will host a DUI and driver’s license checkpoint Friday night, Dec. 27 in an unincorporated area of south Santa Clara County.

Steven Abraham Juarez, a longtime Gilroy resident with deep ties to the area who died after a struggle with police on Feb. 25, will be remembered as a loyal friend and family member with a good sense of humor and fun-loving demeanor. Gilroy Police and...

Karen Ohara, 42, of San Jose, 7:48 a.m. Thursday, at an

Authorities recently charged a man with murder in relation to the February 2023 drug overdose death of a Morgan Hill woman.  On March 1, the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office charged Benjamin Nathan Williams, 34, of San Jose with one count of murder and...

Gabriel Rivera, 29, of the 900 block of Arapahoe Drive, 11:30

Claudia Salewske, who was found beaten to death in her home Christmas morning, was a beloved teacher at Gilroy High School and San Jose State University--and she wrote the definitive book on Gilroy’s history.

DESCRIPTION: 6 feet, 1 inch; 180 pounds; brown hair; brown eyes

GILROY—A 57-year-old man died Tuesday after he was struck in a hit-and-run incident on Sept. 4, Gilroy Police Department Sgt. Royce Heath said.