A tree grows in San Juan
Two hundred years ago, as the late summer sun warmed the soil in the fertile San Juan Valley, friars and Native Californians enjoyed fresh, luscious pears from a thriving 40-acre orchard behind the town’s sprawling Mission.
No searches planned for Sierra on the Fourth
No volunteer search efforts to find missing teen Sierra LaMar are scheduled for Wednesday due to the Independence Day holiday, according to her family.
Local food delivery service expands to Gilroy
Locale, a food delivery company with a focus on local restaurants and farms, has expanded its service to Gilroy.
Locale is the brainchild of Los Gatos natives and recent college graduates Chris Clark and Jonathan Friedland, who have seen their company grow from just 20...
Former sheriff’s captain convicted of bribery in gun permit scandal
A Superior Court jury on July 17 found former Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Capt. James Jensen guilty of felony bribery and conspiracy charges in connection with a gun permit bribery scandal.
The same jury acquitted co-defendant Harpaul Nahal, a Santa Clara attorney, of both charges...
Burglar chased down in citizen’s arrest Sunday
Alexander Chavez, a 19-year-old Hispanic male from Gilroy, was booked into the Santa Clara County jail this weekend for an alleged residential burglary after two bystanders detained him in a citizen's arrest following a foot/car chase near the intersection of Fourth and Princevalle...
