Crime

The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office will issue a Public Integrity Unit Decision Thursday regarding the Mexican American Community Services Agency, a San Jose-based organization known as MACSA whose former Gilroy charter school leaders are being investigated for misappropriation and embezzlement of school funds.

The body of an Aromas man reported missing April 3 has been found in an Aromas fishing pond at the end of Rose Avenue, according to the San Benito County Sheriff’s Office.

Johnny Pena, the San Benito County sheriff’s deputy accused in Newark of driving under the influence while in a patrol car, is set for a pre-trial court hearing May 3 in Alameda County.

Henry Arnibal, the west Morgan Hill man accused of killing and eating a wild bobcat, will be back in court for pre-trial proceedings April 26, according to South Santa Clara County deputy supervising district attorney Steve Lowney.

The county supervisor leading the charge to end a long-held relationship with Calfire and contract with Hollister for fire services is making the case for a new, countywide tax district that would fund a broader agency.

Santa Clara County Sheriff’s investigators said there is new evidence in the case of missing Morgan Hill teen Sierra LaMar. 

Contractors are wrapping up work on the new Fire Station No. 1 in downtown Hollister, and the city expects local fire crews to take calls there as early as April 28, according to the city’s planning chief.

Gilroy resident Janet Rey woke up at 4 a.m. on Easter Sunday to her beloved cat, a 1-year-old orange Maine Coon named Coty, howling and convulsing.

Mothers Against Drunk Driving recently recognized three Hollister police officers for efforts to “reduce the incidence of driving under the influence in 2011,” according to the Hollister Police Department.

A fire that started shortly before 8 a.m. Thursday at West Coast Rubber Recycling was contained to the machinery where it originated.