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.
Two dead in five-day string of area car wrecks
Four accidents over a five-day stretch in the area left two dead
Crime briefs: Student burns toilet seat covers
Here’s your weekly digest of criminal happenings in Gilroy, including a couple drug arrests, fraud and a juvenile committing arson at his school.
Former Cal football player accused of rape has bail set at $500,000
A 22-year-old Gilroy man who formerly played for the Cal
DA adds kidnapping counts to murder charge
In a sudden move Tuesday, the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s office charged the man already accused of killing 15-year-old Sierra LaMar with three unrelated kidnapping attempts that happened in Morgan Hill in 2009.
Police blotter: Parolee throws human feces at cop
Jeremy Johnson, 27, of San Jose, 11:56 p.m. Thursday, at 8490
Police blotter: Washington man arrested for DUI, reckless driving
Alvarado Ballesteros, 22, of Washington, 2:19 a.m. Sunday along
Hollister fire started outside home; cause remains unknown
The Hollister resident whose home was severely damaged by fire
