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County prosecutors dropped murder charges against a Gilroy doctor initially accused with hiring another man to murder his 74-year-old wife. Dr. German Baldeon, 68, emerged from the South County Courthouse in Morgan Hill Oct. 7 a free man, after evidence came to light clearing his name of any involvement in the April 1 stabbing death of Doris Mae Knapp in the couple’s home on the 1400 block of Bristlecone Court.

Hibsen Tamayo-Davila scored four goals for Gavilan to lead it to its second win of the season. 

There was more pink in the Gavilan College gym than in a John Hughes movie and it was all for a good cause.

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.

GILROY—Nearly a year and a half after being deemed “not structurally sound” by San Jose-based Duqette Engineering, the home side bleachers at Gilroy High are officially complete.

A fifth-grade teacher at Paradise Valley Elementary School was arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a female student inside his classroom, according to Morgan Hill police.John A. Loyd, 52 of Hollister, was arrested Oct. 2 on suspicion of lewd and lascivious acts with a child younger than 14, lewd and lascivious acts upon a child as a caretaker, annoying or molesting a child and preventing or dissuading a witness, police said. Loyd is accused of sexually assaulting a child victim on more than one occasion inside his classroom at the campus located at 1400 LaCrosse Drive, police said. The crime allegedly occurred earlier this month. Police have so far declined to release further information about the victim, including her age or whether or not she was regularly in Loyd’s classroom during instructional hours. Detectives are working with Morgan Hill Unified School District to notify parents and are asking parents to talk to their children to determine if there are anymore victims, according to MHPD Capt. Shane Palsgrove. Parents are encouraged to notify police before attempting a detailed interview with their child, Palsgrove added. Loyd was booked into Santa Clara County Jail following his arrest, and he remains in custody. Anyone with information about this case can contact MHPD Det. Mindy Zen at (408) 779-2101 or the anonymous tip line at (408) 947-7867. 

GILROY—Gavilan’s volleyball players are taking their game outside this spring.

After being beat 20-8 last month by Harbor, the Cougars returned the favor.