Developers sue city over fees
Three developers, including the Glen-Loma Corporation, owned by Filice family members who are longtime residents and developers in Gilroy, have sued the City of Gilroy for more than $500,000 in relief for “unjustified and excessive development fees” as well as unspecified attorney fees, according to court documents.
Cop sex case done
A former San Jose police officer from Gilroy charged with molesting two underage teen boys will serve eight months of house arrest with an ankle monitor, a sentence that “disappointed” prosecuting Deputy District Attorney Stuart Scott after he requested the maximum sentence of three years, eight months in state prison.
22-year-old hit, left on the road
Joshua Valdez, the young man who was found lying unconscious near a Morgan Hill intersection with numerous broken bones, remains in a coma following what police think is the result of a hit-and-run accident.
Hot town, summer in the city
The smell of sunscreen is in the air. Find your goggles and take a dip at the area's nearly new – and its tried but true – aquatics centers. While it will cost you more than a dollar for a day in the sun, the money funnels back into the city and to keep the pools open. Dive in!
Firefighters snuff out grass fire near IOOF Avenue
Three engines from Gilroy, one engine from CalFire and one battalion chief responded to a grass fire that lit up an eighth of an acre around 1:20 p.m. Thursday off IOOF Avenue, just behind Rebekah Children's Services and near the railroad tracks.
