Fourth defendant added to Audrie Pott wrongful death lawsuit
A fourth defendant – a female minor accused of being in the room where another teenage girl was sexually violated by three classmates – has been added to the Audrie Pott wrongful death civil lawsuit, which already includes a current Christopher High School student.
Briefs: Police respond to music store burglary
Over the past week, police responded to several incidents of drug possession, burglaries and aggressive animals. Here are a few of those incidents:
Sheriff’s blotter: Man arrested after fighting with family, throwing board at house, urinating himself
Jose Luis Lopez Parra, 47, of Gilroy, 10:20 p.m. July 15, on the
CHP seeks witnesses to Aug. 26 sexual assault
SOUTH COUNTY—Authorities are seeking witnesses to a late-night sexual assault that took place Wednesday off of U.S. 101 in southern Santa Clara County.
Parents rally for school safety after Luigi Aprea incident
Parents of some of the students who attend Luigi Aprea Elementary School took their concerns and frustrations to the Gilroy Unified School District board after a potentially dangerous criminal suspect was allowed to enter the campus late last month.
About 40 parents, grandparents, students and...
Council bans imitation firearms
The Gilroy City Council voted unanimously Sept. 9 to amend the city code, adding a new definition of firearms and banning so-called imitation firearms, with some exceptions.
“Imitation firearms”—air guns, pellet guns, and BB guns that resemble real firearms—are increasingly being used in crimes across...
Sheriff’s blotter: Rocks thrown at solar panel
Rocks were thrown at a Gilroy woman's solar panels, causing


















