Kinsella contract includes lump sum
The terms of Gavilan College President Steve Kinsella's four-year contract were obtained by the Dispatch Tuesday describing the details of his $42,000 salary increase, which includes 24 days of paid vacation each year and a $1,000 monthly expense allowance.
Aromas students honor veterans at assembly
Several men dabbed their eyes as Dave Comrath, a seventh-grader at Aromas School, somberly concluded a poem written 30 years ago by a then-high school senior in Homestead, Fla.
Funeral set for Gavilan basketball player Gaines
The funeral service for Andrel Gaines, the 19-year-old Gavilan College basketball who died from injuries suffered in a Nov. 6 car accident, is scheduled for at 11 a.m. Dec. 3 in the gymnasium on Gavilan's campus, athletic director Ron Hannon told the Gilroy Dispatch on Wednesday.
Man accused of copper wire theft from PG&E
Hollister police on Monday morning arrested a man suspected of stealing copper wire from the Pacific Gas & Electric facility in Seventh Street.
CHP: Driver in Gaines crash not drunk
Gavilan College basketball player Billy Heard - Andrel Gaines' teammate - who was driving the car when back-to-back car wrecks sent six people to the hospital, was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol at the time of the accidents, according to a toxicology report obtained Monday by the Gilroy Dispatch.
Police capture shooting suspect at Hollister home
Hollister police Monday night arrested the man - Humberto G. Sanchez - wanted in connection with a recent gunfire exchange on the west side.
