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The Gilroy Police Department made arrests for a wide variety of crimes this past week, including grand theft, evading police in a vehicle, cruelty to a child, lewd or lascivious acts on a child and burglary. All arrests were recorded in the GPD blotter between Nov. 9 and 16. All suspects remain innocent until proven guilty, and an appearance in the arrest log does not signify guilt for the listed crime/s.

Seedings for the 2014 Central Coast Section football playoffs were announced Sunday and the new Monterey Bay League Pacific Division champion Christopher Cougars earned a first round home game. 

EUREKA—Gavilan was 40 seconds away from ending the season with a ‘W’ in Eureka, but the College of the Redwoods squad had other plans. With just three seconds left, the Corsairs’ John Tanner Westby kicked a 40-yard field goal to tie the game at 35-all and send it into overtime.

The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office has charged a South County horse owner with felony cruelty to animals, according to a Nov. 14 press release. County Animal Control this week seized the herd, which remained after a neighbor and a rescue center tried to help by buying some of the most neglected animals.

A 31-year-old Gilroy man was arrested for manufacturing a controlled substance after the fire department responded to a call about a strong gas odor in the area of Fourth and Rosanna streets. Rene Vargas was making a concentrated form of cannabis made with pressurized butane in the home he shared with his father, wife and 11-month-old son on the 7600 block of Rosanna Street, a Gilroy Police Department spokesman said.

GAVILAN RAMS

GILROY—You can’t pull Daniel Mooney away from basketball for even a second.

The case against a local elementary school teacher accused of sexually assaulting students continues to grow, as prosecutors added a fourth young girl to the list of alleged victims this month.

The Gavilan women's team picked up its first win of the young season, beating Reedley 77-74 at home Wednesday. 

On an overcast Tuesday morning, veterans, their families, friends and neighbors mingled in front of the Veterans Memorial Building in Gilroy as they waited for the annual Veterans Day ceremony to begin. As the crowd gathered, members of the Gilroy Exchange Club distributed American flags to attendees young and old as they exchanged good tidings.