Gilroy’s Richmond Appleton chronicles his life story from war-torn Liberia
Adversity started early for Liberian-born Richmond Appleton. At age 5, he was stricken with polio. At around the same time, the beginning of a civil war started to engulf the West African coastside country, leading to the deaths of 250,000 people over a 14-year...
Gidding found guilty in home invasion near San Juan
A jury trial this week found Robert Gidding, a suspect in the May 2009 home invasion in the San Juan Bautista area, guilty of related charges.
Red Phone: What do police do about people living under a bridge?
“Dear Red Phone, I want to know if you could put something in about the bridge on Howsland Street near Church Street. There's a bunch of garbage and a bunch of drug addicts that live under the bridge. I want to know why the city and Gilroy Police Department have done nothing about it. Thank you.”
Homes for horses … and burros
A crowd gathered at San Martin's Taylor Made Farms last Saturday, where 14 wild mustangs and one burro found new forever homes through the Bureau of Land Management's National Wild Horse and Burro Adoption program.
