Crime

Stabbing

A county report says Gilroy police take the longest to respond to emergencies of any city in the area—but police and city officials say it’s likely that the report is wrong, even though the department is working to improve its slow response times.

The South County Courthouse in Morgan Hill will no longer handle family law cases starting January 19, the latest in a series of cutbacks that Gilroy council members decried Monday for their impact on public finances and access to services.

In the old days, Gilroy Police Officer Mike Tarasco would have spent his days walking a beat, talking to people on the street and hunting for criminals as one of 65 officers patrolling a city of 53,000.

Christopher High football coach Danny Rodriguez, 41, was arrested by the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office for an alleged sexual assault at Coyote Lake County Park against a juvenile female. Deputies said they were notified of a prior sexual assault that occurred on November 8,...

SAN JOSE—The life of a 15-year-old Gilroy boy was cut short after he and two other young people were killed in what police believe was a street race in San Jose on Oct. 13.

GILROY—An 83-year-old Gilroy woman has died of injuries she sustained in an Oct. 5 stabbing, according to the Gilroy Police Department. Her grandson, Stephen Gause-Subia, already in custody and charged with the stabbing of his grandmother and 60-year-old aunt, now faces a charge of murder.

SAN JOSE—A 15-year-old Gilroy boy has been identified as one of three young people killed in what police believe was a street race in San Jose on Tuesday night, according to authorities.

GILROY—Sixty firefighters responded to a series of vegetation fires in south Gilroy on Saturday, near a homeless encampment along the railroad tracks, according to Gilroy Fire Department Chief Alan Anderson.