City, county clear out homeless encampment
City and county officials cleared out a homeless encampment Oct. 3, effectively evicting a family who says they have no other place to go. A 100-bed emergency shelter operates between December and March in Gilroy, but the Garlic Capital has no year-round overnight shelter.
Franklin Bruce Mello September 17, 1947 – January 16, 2012
Franklin Bruce Mello, age 64, of Gilroy CA passed away at home in his sleep on Jan. 16, 2012. Frank was born Sept. 17, 1947 in Watsonville to Frank C. Mello and Violet J. Mello. He graduated from Gilroy High School in 1965 and worked as a heavy equipment operator for PG&E and Terra Construction.
Lupe Lorraine Villanueva
Morgan Hill resident, Lupe Lorraine Martinez Villanueva (Leda) 85, died peacefully at her home July 10, 2008. She had been a dialysis patient for the last two and a half years. Leda was born Dec. 12, 1922 in Trinidad, CO to Max and Salome (Lucero) Martinez. She was 5th of 15 brothers and sisters. She attended public schools in Trinidad, CO. As a child, she spent many of her formative years living with her grandparents. She married the love of her-James O. Villanueva (Partner) on Dec. 18, 1948, in Pueblo, CO. She, her husband, and their 2 month old baby girl came to a farm in Morgan Hill(off of Cochrane Rd.) in July 1949 where her parents and siblings were picking apricots. Leda and her husband then moved to Los Gatos where her husband worked on a chicken ranch. They lived there until 1952, and then came to a ranch in Morgan Hill to make a home and raise a family.
Car stop yields 39 pounds, $430K worth of meth
Police arrested a woman from Mexico on Friday after they found
