UPDATED: GPD officer faces charges
An allegedly drunk Gilroy Police Department officer barricaded himself in a bedroom and resisted arrest when Merced County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a shots-fired call at a residence last month.
Paul L. Barnes March 2, 1926 – April 10, 2013
Funeral service, Friday, April 19th, 2013, at 11:00 A.M., at Grunnagle-Ament-Nelson Funeral Home. To send condolences, visit www.grunnagle.com
Fiery crash on Hecker Pass
A 52-year-old female driver lost control of her car, crashed into an embankment on Hecker Pass Highway near Sprig Lake and immediately exited her 1998 Dodge Stratus that moments later burst into flames.
Hearing for former MHDA director continued
Former Morgan Hill Downtown Association Executive Director Jorge Briones appeared at South County Courthouse Friday for a plea hearing on charges that he embezzled the nonprofit organization’s revenues, but attorneys agreed they needed a few more days to review the case files.
Digest April 12, 2013
CHS and GHS spring concert: The Gilroy and Christopher High School choir programs present their spring concerts at 7:30 p.m. April 16 and 17 at Mission San Juan Bautista. $5 donation at the door.
Thomas Joseph Applebaum May 30, 1940 – April 6, 2013
A Celebration of Life will be held on May 30, 2013, at the Morgan Hill Community Cultural Center from 4:00 P.M. - 7:00 P.M.
SVMS pool saga sinks for good
The South Valley Middle School pool is set to sink without a trace beneath a tidal wave of concrete this summer, following a year of back-and-forth banter between the City and the Gilroy Unified School District over whether and how to keep the facility open.
Softball: Gilroy High grad goes from unsure Gavilan freshman to record-setting sophomore
Gavilan College softball coach Nikki Dequin tells a detailed story of how she set out a year ago to change Elaina Vasquez’s swing.
